Design for Health HIA Tools
In the Minnesota Design for Health project three levels of HIA tools are being developed. The HIA tools draw on the research summarized in the Key Questions series.
These subject-specific HIA tools focus on the work of urban planners. They are meant
to be used by those engaged with planning and target issues where there is research evidence that aspects of the built environment that planners have control over actually influence human health. Urban planners already undertake a wide variety of environmental impact assessments, fiscal impact assessments, visioning processes, sustainability and livability assessments. These tools are meant to be an easy way to supplement these activities and focus attention on human health.
- Design for Health HIA Tools:
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Preliminary Checklist: a checklist of health issues to see if further assessment is needed. Design for Health is adding to earlier examples
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Rapid Assessment: Based on the Merseyside model , the rapid assessment is workshop-based rapid assessment. Design for Health is creating a toolkit for preparing materials before the event and for reporting.
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HIA Threshold Analysis: A more detailed spreadsheet-based assessment.
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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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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.
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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.
- Click here for an introductory presentation on the DFH HIA (7.54 MB)
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