Current Global Health Impact Assessment Practice

Mirko S. Winkler, Peter Furu, Francesca Viliani, Ben Cave, Mark Divall, Geetha Ramesh, Ben Harris-Roxas and Astrid M. Knoblauch
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Mirko S. Winkler: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
Peter Furu: Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, P.O. Box 2099, 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Francesca Viliani: International SOS, Vesterbrogade 149, 1620 København V Copenhagen, Denmark
Ben Cave: BCA Insight Ltd., 5-7 St Pauls Street, Gresham House, Leeds LS1 2JG, UK
Mark Divall: Shape Consulting, P.O. Box 602, St Peter Port GY1, Guernsey, UK
Geetha Ramesh: Advisian, 151 Canada Olympic Rd, Calgary, AB T3B 6B7, Canada
Ben Harris-Roxas: Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
Astrid M. Knoblauch: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Health impact assessment (HIA) practice has expanded across the world, since it was established more than two decades ago. This paper presents a snapshot of current global HIA practice based on the findings of an online questionnaire survey. HIA practitioners from all world regions were invited to participate. A total of 122 HIA practitioners from 29 countries completed the survey, following a broad international outreach effort. The large variety in the types of HIAs conducted, and the application of HIA in various fields reported by respondents, demonstrates that HIA practice has evolved over the past two decades. Although differences in the use of HIA were reported across world regions, an overall increasing trend in global HIA practice can be observed. In order to sustain this upward trend, efforts are needed to address the main barriers in the utilisation of HIA. The establishment of new national and international HIA teaching and training offerings seems to be an obvious strategy to pursue along with the strengthening of policies and legal frameworks that specify the circumstances, under which HIA is required, and to what extent.

Keywords: determinants of health; health impact assessment; planetary health; sustainable development goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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