HIA Rapid Assessment
Design for Health's HIA Rapid Assessment is an interactive workshop that brings together stakeholders to identify and assess health impacts. The term rapid assessment seems to indicate a quick process and the workshop that is at the core of the process is over in under a day, however, preparing materials and writing up the results can take some weeks. Although it does require significant preparation, much of the information is similar to what is colleted for the plan or policy under review (e.g. comprehensive plan, development proposal, etc). Also, background information on health is available from the Design for Health Key Question series and examples of plan and ordinance language and plan implementation tools are available from the Planning Information Sheets.
The Design for Health Rapid Health Impact Assessment Toolkit provides instructions for all phases of the rapid assessment in a format oriented toward urban planning concerns. The Rapid Assessment draws on a number of previous examples, including the Merseyside model.
- Current Edition: Version 3.0 (January 2008) (2.6 MB)
- HIA Rapid Assessment Checklist (July 2007) (1.1 MB)
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Participation and Planning for Health: How can the public participate in planning for health? Which Design for Health tools can be used in participation processes or modified for such use? This fact sheet deals with these two issues in turn.
- Communicating about Health Impacts (80 KB): Health impact assessment (HIA) tools produce a large amount of useful information about various health topics, the location of health impacts, and who is affected by a project, plan, or policy. This fact sheet presents practical ideas for presenting information about the HIA process and the findings of HIA studies to a variety of audiences.
- Comprehensive Plan Review Checklists: These Plan Review Checklists summarize the key points of the Design for Health background and health impact assessment materials. Topics match the plan elements required by the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council.
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Health Data: This section provides tools on how to access information about health within your community as well on how to measure the effects that the built environment has on certain health issues.
- The Merseyside Guidelines for Health Impact Assessment . 2001.
Published by the International Health IMPACT Assessment Consortium, this is often cited as the most widely used HIA model in England.
- Ison, E. 2002. Rapid appraisal tool for health impact assessment: A task-based approach . 11th ed. Oxford : Institute of Health Sciences.
- Alconbury HIA – Final Report - From Bombs to Boom! Health Impact Assessment on a Former Air Base
This summary report provides an example of a well illustrated final HIA Rapid Assessment Report. The proposed Alconbury airfield development was for a road and rail freight distribution centre. Initial screening for potential health impacts identified both positive and negative consequences for human health and well-being, within the population of interest. Click here to view the full Alconbury HIA report.
- Health Impact Assessment: Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Options 2006
This is a report on a health impact assessment undertaken on the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy by the Canterbury District Health Board. This report formally documents the rationale behind performing a health impact assessment on the strategy, the process involved and the conclusion reached. Click here to review a copy of the completed Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy.
- Health Impact Assessment – Dove Gardens
This report details the findings of a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) carried out on a housing redevelopment project in Derry in 2005. This report offers examples of each of the steps involved in preparing the HIA and results & recommendations.
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