Health Impact Assessment as a Strategy for Intersectoral Collaboration
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Health Impact Assessment as a Strategy for Intersectoral Collaboration
OBJECTIVES This study examined the use of health impact assessment (HIA) as a tool for intersectoral collaboration using the case of an HIA project conducted in Gwang Myeong City, Korea. METHODS A typical procedure for rapid HIA was used. In the screening step, the Aegi-Neung Waterside Park Plan was chosen as the target of the HIA. In the scoping step, the specific methods and tools to assess...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1975-8375,2233-4521
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2011.44.5.201