Abstract In April 2019, Wales declared a climate emergency. Public Health commissioned Impact Assessment (HIA) to be carried out assess the potential impact of Climate Change (CCh) on population and inform key strategic decision makers understand/plan for differential health inequalities impacts that may occur from CCh. A comprehensive mixed-method HIA was conducted over 6 month period in 2019/...

Abstract This study addresses the complex issue of preserving historic fabric and cultural assets while promoting sustainable development in urban areas, focusing on Adi Ganga River Kolkata, India. The problem arises due to encroachment poor maintenance historical sites. research questions aim assess protection River's enhance heritage preservation line with UN SDGs 11.4 8.9, emphasizing conser...

Climate change has various adverse impacts on public health, ranging from heat-related illness to an increased risk of undernutrition in low-income countries. Health impact assessment (HIA) been advocated as a valuable tool systematically identify and quantify the effects climate health inform evaluate disease-specific adaptation measures well co-benefits mitigation measures. We conducted scopi...

and today would produce nearly 200 HIA reports. A good HIA report is unlikely to be accepted by a peer reviewed journal and an accepted paper would almost certainly have to omit half the material that a good HIA report should contain. None the less, the HIA community should pay a great deal of attention to Thomson’s critique. A more balanced summary of the state of HIA would have been ‘has made...

PURPOSE Semi-quantitative analysis of hippocampal internal architecture (HIA) on MRI has been shown to be a reliable predictor of the side of seizure onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). In the present study, we investigated the relationship between postoperative seizure outcome and preoperative semi-quantitative measures of HIA. METHODS We determined HIA on high in-plane reso...

BACKGROUND To test the validity of the short form of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) for use among adults in Greece. METHODS The original English version of the OHIP-14 was translated using the forward-backward technique, pilot-tested, and then applied to 211 adults aged 35 years and above. The questionnaire was filled out during face-to-face interviews conducted by one dentist, whil...

This Health Impact Assessment (HIA) informed the decision of expanding public transportation services to rural, low income communities of southern Doña Ana County, New Mexico on the U.S./Mexico border. The HIA focused on impacts of access to health care services, education, and economic development opportunities. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from surveys of community members...

The importance to public health of environmental decisions-including those about land use, transportation, power generation, agriculture, and environmental regulation-is increasingly well documented. Yet many decision makers in fields not traditionally focused on health continue to pay little if any attention to the important health effects of their work. This article examines the emerging prac...

Perspectives In 2010, there were 214 million international migrants worldwide, a number that is projected to double by 2050. 1 Migrants' motives for leaving their countries of origin include employment and education opportunities, escape from conflict and discrimination and the desire to raise families in economically and politically stable environments. New migrants are often healthier than th...

BACKGROUND The UK government committed to undertaking impact assessments of its policies on the health of populations in low and middle-income countries in its cross-government strategy "Health is Global". To facilitate this process, the Department of Health, in collaboration with the National Heart Forum, initiated a project to pilot the use of a global health impact assessment guidance framew...