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Health Impact Assessment
Bringing Public Health Data to Decision Making


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Preventable health problems, including many cases of heart disease,  diabetes, asthma and injuries, are taking a huge toll on American families. For the first time in U.S. history, data suggest that today’s children may live shorter lives than their parents. These problems also threaten our nation’s economic vitality.

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Alex Dery Snider, Tel: 202-540-6590

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Health Impact Project

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Health Impact Assessment

International and Business Perspectives

In the United States and abroad, policy makers, health officials and industry are turning to HIA as a practical and structured way to collaborate with other sectors—such as transportation, energy, education, urban planning or agriculture—and provide the information needed to discern hidden health risks and capitalize on opportunities to improve health.

Over the last 20 years, more and more countries—among them Canada, members of the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand—are using this tool. Multinational corporations are beginning to use HIA as a best practice for planning new projects.

 

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Date added:
Dec 1, 2010
Contact:
Alex Dery Snider, Tel: 202-540-6590
Project:
Health Impact Project
Topic:
Health Impact Assessment
Related Expert:
Aaron Wernham
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1   Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. National Health Disparities Report 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0004. Rockville, MD; March 2010.
2.  American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2010 Update. Dallas, TX: American Heart Association; 2010.
3.  Heron MP, Hoyert DL, Xu J, et al. Deaths: Preliminary data for 2006. National vital statistics reports; Vol. 56 No. 16. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2008.
4   National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2009: With Special Feature on Medical Technology. Hyattsville, MD; 2010.
5.  American Diabetes Association. Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2007. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(3):596–615.
6.  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 2008. Northeast National Petroleum Reserve Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (see subsections on Public Health). Anchorage, AK: Bureau of Land Management

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