Health Impact Assessment

Health impact assessment.

Correspondence to: Dr M Joffe, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PF, UK; [email protected] _________________________ A person’s health status is largely determined by factors outside the control of the healthcare sector. While some of these are fixed, such as inheritance, many are environmental in the broadest s...

Health impact assessment.

Health impact assessment.

There is growing concern about the environmental, social and health consequences of development projects. Environmental impact assessment (EIA), which aims to address this concern, is often conducted with little input from the health sector. Quantifying the health benefits and risks of a project or policy requires an innovative synthesis of socio-demographic, environmental health, epidemiologic...

Addressing health inequalities in health impact assessment.

Epidemiology, Population Health, and Health Impact Assessment

The health of populations depends on many different factors. Epidemiology is a discipline that has a crucial role in describing health status, identifying risk factors, and analyzing relationships between health and different hazardous agents. The classical epidemiological triangle of host-agentenvironment describes how individuals become ill. Disease occurs when an outside agent (vector) capab...