The NSW Health impact assessment project.

To address this goal, the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Advancement within the NSW Department of Health commissioned the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE) to undertake a program of capacity building work on health impact assessment. The program was called the NSW Health Impact Assessment Project (NSW HIA Project). As organisational change is usually regarded as progressing in stages, a phased approach was adopted, which recognised the need for initial exploration followed by stages of awareness, adoption, implementation and institutionalization.