scholarly journals Building health impact assessment capacity as a lever for healthy public policy in urban planning

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny L. Hughes ◽  
Lynn A. Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Healthy Public Policy

scholarly journals Health impact assessment in Nigeria: An initiative whose time has come

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus A. Chilaka ◽  
Ibiangake Ndioho
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Healthy Public Policy ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Right

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is increasingly applied in many developed countries as a tool for advancing healthy public policy. This research was carried out to obtain a HIA situation report for Nigeria and to assess ways of enhancing the use of HIA to promote healthy public policy. Semi structured questionnaires were administered both online and by hand to health and nonhealth professionals in Nigeria. Inferential statistics was used in the analysis of the 510 responses that were received. Only 29% of the respondents had ever heard about HIA; similarly, only 19.3% of those who were aware of HIA had received any form of HIA training. However, 93.2% of respondents were convinced that HIA would be beneficial to the Nigerian health system. Using the approach of SWOT Analysis to discuss the findings, this research concludes that the time has now come, and the right conditions are in place, for the integration of Health Impact Assessment into public policy in Nigeria. Raising awareness and political commitment are the two major strategies to help drive this agenda forward.

scholarly journals Health Impact Assessment: Necessary but Not Sufficient for Healthy Public Policy

2012 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Gottlieb ◽  
Jonathan E. Fielding ◽  
Paula A. Braveman
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Healthy Public Policy
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