Health in All Policies: Addressing the Legal and Policy Foundations of Health Impact Assessment

The concept of Health in All Policies aims to improve the health outcomes associated with policies in an attempt to mitigate health disparities and provide optimal environments for healthier living. This multidisciplinary framework seeks to improve health through effective assessment and reformation of policy for organizations of any level and stature. The importance of integrating health in policy assessment and decision making is a key concept in the growing field of Health Impact Assessment.The World Health Organization defines Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as “a combination of procedures, methods, and tools by which a policy, program, or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population.” HIA provides a mechanism for collaboration between various sectors and disciplines bridging the gap between research, policymaking, and implementation of policies, programs, and projects affecting health outcomes. In the United States, while some HIA efforts have focused on proposed public policies, HIA has been used primarily to analyze the health effects of proposed development projects and plans related to community design and transportation.

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Review: The Effectiveness of Health Impact Assessment: Scope and Limitations of Supporting Decision-Making in Europe Matthias Wismar, Julia Blau, Kelly Ernst and Josep Figueras (eds) World Health Organization, Copenhagen, 2007, 291pp, ISBN 978—92—890—7295—3, £21.85 (pbk)

Critical Social Policy ◽

10.1177/02610183090290010806 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 166-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rachel Aldred

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

World Health Organization ◽

Health Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact ◽

World Health ◽

Health Organization

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Short-Term Health Impact Assessment of Urban PM10in Bejaia City (Algeria)

Canadian Respiratory Journal ◽

10.1155/2016/8209485 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Fatima Benaissa ◽

Cara Nichole Maesano ◽

Rezak Alkama ◽

Isabella Annesi-Maesano

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact ◽

World Health ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Exposure ◽

Quality Guideline ◽

Health Organization ◽

The Impact

We used Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to analyze the impact on a given population’s health outcomes in terms of all-causes mortality and respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations attributable to short-term exposure to particulate matter less than 10 μm diameter (PM10) in Bejaia city, for which health effects of air pollution have never been investigated. Two scenarios of PM10reduction were considered: first, a scenario where the PM10annual mean is decreased by 5 µg/m3, and then a scenario where this PM10mean is decreased to 20 µg/m3(World Health Organization annual air quality guideline (WHO-AQG)). Annual mean level of PM10(81.7 µg/m3) was calculated from objective measurements assessedin situ. Each year, about 4 and 55 deaths could be postponed with the first and the second scenarios successfully. Furthermore, decreasing PM10annual mean by 5 µg/m3would avoid 5 and 3 respiratory and cardiac hospitalizations, respectively, and not exceeding the PM10WHO-AQG (20 µg/m3) would result in a potential gain of 36 and 23 per 100000 respiratory and cardiac hospitalizations, respectively. Lowering in current levels of PM10has a nonnegligible impact in terms of public health that it is expected to be higher in the case of long-term effects.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Growing the field of health impact assessment in the United States: an agenda for research and practice.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1065827.518766 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan Patz

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact ◽

The United States ◽

Research And Practice

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From instrument towards a health in all policies programme for inter-sectoral decision support: health impact assessment in The Netherlands

Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process ◽

10.1093/med/9780199639960.003.0012 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 129-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marleen Bekker ◽

Mieke Steenbakkers ◽

Ilse Storm ◽

Maria Jansen

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact ◽

Health In All Policies

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Scientometric analysis of health impact assessment of outdoor air pollution by WHO-AirQ tool (2005-2019)

Journal of Air Pollution and Health ◽

10.18502/japh.v6i2.7953 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sheida Malekafzali ◽

Seyed Ali Jozi ◽

Morteza Kashefiolasl ◽

Mojgan Zaeimdar ◽

Mohsen Sahti

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Health Impact Assessment ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Total Mortality ◽

Health Impact ◽

Research Literature ◽

World Health ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Regional Office

Introduction: This study provides a scientometric analysis of the health impact assessment within AirQ between 2005 and 2019, which are listed in the web science databases. Studies have been conducted in various indexed journals, researchers in World Health Organization (WHO) regional areas on product articles, international collaboration, and citation and keyword analysis. Materials and methods: Bibliographic records of research publications and articles were found and after screening process were input to study plan. The authors compared the growth of article that was published in this period time, conducted a citation and co-authorship analysis, and keywords co-occurrences relationship by publication using the scientometric visualization, VOSviewer. Results: The AirQ applying tool in research literature has seen most increase in 2017 production over the study period. Contributions by authors affiliated with WHO-Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) account for the most research literature. Most of studies focus on particles Particulate Matter with diameter <10 µm (PM ) and Particulate Matter with diameter <2.5µm (PM 2.5) and according to total mortality and in hospital admission, Respiratory Disease (RD) and Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) are most commonly. Conclusion: All potential of AirQ has not been used in studies. Despite all function its scope is limited to several countries in the WHO regions. Implementation of “Driving Force, Pressure, State, Exposure, Effect, and Action” (DPSEEA) conceptual model need some evidence that AirQ can achieve and estimate Health Impact Assessment (HIA) but we didn’t find any articles that work on intervention by it on policy makers and management programs.

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