January 2010
Health impact assessment (HIA) offers public health practitioners a concrete way to influence the social and environmental determinants of health and health inequities.
Introduction
Health impact assessment (HIA) offers public health practitioners a concrete way to influence the social and environmental determinants of health and health inequities.
Applicable to a vast range of public policy decisions, from minimum wage laws to highway funding, and well-established internationally, the field of HIA is now advancing rapidly. Since 1999, more than 50 HIAs have been completed in the United States.
