Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process

Lessons and experiences from around the world

Edited by Monica O'Mullane

Provides unique descriptions and analyses of country specific HIA research and practice
Written by worldwide based experts in HIA
The only book available that provides examination of research and practice into the relationship between HIA and public policy, from a global perspective

Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process

Lessons and experiences from around the world

Edited by Monica O'Mullane

Description

Health Impact Assessment is a policy-support instrument and approach that seeks to assess the health impacts of projects, programmes and policies on population health. The ultimate goal of HIA is to systematically predict health impacts and subsequently inform the intersectoral decision- and policy-making processes of these impacts.

Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process examines how the process of integrating HIA with policy can take place. Introductory chapters outline the HIA process and provide a conceptual foundation for the book. Then, drawing from experiences of HIA practice and research globally, country specific experiences are presented to examine HIA's relationship with the policy process. Throughout the book checklists and learning points are provided to assist the readers' understanding of the concepts and examples discussed.

This practical and conceptually-grounded guide represents a convergence of theory and practice from the disciplines of public health, environmental health and the social sciences, and will appeal to practitioners and professionals in these fields, as well as policy-makers, decision-makers, planners at regional and national government levels as well as academics, educators and students.

Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process

Lessons and experiences from around the world

Edited by Monica O'Mullane

1. Introduction, Monica O'Mullane
2. Health Impact Assessment: The Conceptual Roots, Monica O'Mullane
3. The Policy Process and Health Impact Assessment, Monica O'Mullane
4. The Impact of HIA on the Policy-Making Process in Ireland: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Claire Higgins, Owen Metcalfe, and Noelle Cotter
5. HIA implementation and public health policy systems in Slovakia and Denmark, Gabriel Gulis and Jana Kollarova
6. "Ruhr" metropolitan area in Germany - Rapid HIA of novel spatial planning, Rainer Fehr
7. HIA and its Role in Shaping Government Policy Making: The use of HIA at national policy level in England, Salim Vohra, Gifty Amo-Danso, and Judith Ball
8. HIA in the United States of America: Practice, Policy and Legal Underpinnings, Catherline L. Ross and Arthi Rao
9. "Learning by Doing": Building Workforce Capacity to undertake HIA. An Australian Case Study, Elizabeth Harris, Ben Harris-Roxas, Patrick Harris, and Lynn Kemp
10. HIA in Local Government: The New Zealand Case, Louise Signal, Matthew Soeberg and Robert Quigley
11. A Decade of HIA Development in Thailand: From Cases to Constitution, Decharut Sukkumnoed
12. From instrument towards programmatic approach for Health in All Policies (HiAP) decision-support? Health Impact Assessment in the Netherlands, Marleen Bekker, Mieke Steenbakkers, Maria Jansen and Ilse Storm
13. Health in Impact Assessment and Emerging Challenges in India, Ben Cave, Urmila Jha-Thakur, Mala Rao, Pawan Labhasetwar, and Thomas Fischer
14. Realities and Opportunities for Health Impact Assessment in Africa, Francesca Viliani and Edith Clarke
15. Implementing and Institutionalising HIA in Spain: Challenges and Opportunities, Piedad Martin-Olmedo
16. Integrating Health into Impact Assessments in Scotland, Margaret Douglas, Susie Palmer and Martin Higgins
17. HIA in Colorado: A Tool Used to inform decision-making, Karen Roof
18. Lessons Learned from HIA Experience around the World: Where to Next?, Monica O'Mullane

Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process

Lessons and experiences from around the world

Edited by Monica O'Mullane

Author Information

Monica O'Mullane, College Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work, Trnava University, Slovakia

Monica O'Mullane PhD is a lecturer in the Department of Public Health, Trnava University, Slovakia. Her HIA research interest is focused on the role that the policy sciences can play in understanding and evaluating HIA practice. Monica conducted her doctoral study in University College Cork Ireland investigating HIA use in public policy formulation in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland, by applying a theoretical framework drawing mainly from new institutionalist theories. She has presented at HIA Forums hosted by the Institute of Public Health Ireland and co-founded and coordinated the Southern HIA Network (2008-2010). In 2010 Monica came to Slovakia funded by the Slovak Ministry of Education to investigate the feasibility of HIA in the country. This research has been conducted at a crucial time in HIA's life-span in Slovakia, as a cornerstone for the advancement of the Health in All Policies (HiAP) agenda.

Contributors:

Gifty Amo-Danso
Research Scientist,
IOM Centre for Health Impact Assessment,
Institute of Occupational Medicine,
Edinburgh and London, United Kingdom.

Judith Ball MA, DIpPH
Senior Research Associate,
Quigley and Watts Ltd,
Wellington, New Zealand.

Dr. Marleen Bekker
Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Health Services Research
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Ben Cave,
Director, Ben Cave Associates Ltd,
Leeds, UK
and
Honorary Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool, UK
and
Chair, Section Co-ordinating Committee,
International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Dr Edith Essie Clarke
Programme Manager,
Occupational and Environmental Health,
Ghana Health Service,
Accra, Ghana

Dr. Noelle Cotter
Public Health Development Officer,
Institute of Public Health in Ireland,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Dr Margaret Douglas
Consultant in Public Health,
NHS Lothian,
Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK

Prof. Rainer Fehr
Directorate, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW) ,
Bielefeld, Germany,
and
Professor of Public Health,
University of Bielefeld,
Bielefeld, Germany

Professor Thomas B Fischer PhD MIEMA
Leader of Research Cluster,
'People, Space and Place'
School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool, United Kingdom

Gabriel Gulis
Associate Professor, Unit for Health Promotion Research,
University of Southern Denmark,
Esbjerg, Denmark

Dr Elizabeth Harris
Senior Lecturer,
Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation,
Part of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity,
University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

Patrick Harris
Research Fellow,
Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation,
UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity,
University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

Ben Harris-Roxas
Conjoint Lecturer,
Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation,
Part of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity,
University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

Claire Higgins
Public Health Development Officer,
Institute of Public Health in Ireland,
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dr Martin Higgins
Scottish HIA Network Coordinator,
NHS Lothian,
Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK

Dr Maria Jansen
Program leader of the Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health,
School of Public Health and Primary Care, CAPHRI,
Maastricht University and Public Health Service South Limburg,
Maastricht, The Netherlands,

Dr Urmila Jha-Thakur
Lecturer,
School of Environmental Sciences,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool, UK

Associate Prof Lynn Kemp
Director,
Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation,
Part of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity,
University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia

Dr. Jana Kollárová
Health Promotion Manager,
Department of Health Promotion,
Regional Public Health Authority,
Kosice, Slovakia

Pawan Labhasetwar, Ph.D. (Env Engg)
Scientist and Head,
Water Technology and Management Division,
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute,
(CSIR- NEERI)
Nehru Marg,
Nagpur, India,

Dr Piedad Martin-Olmedo
Lecturer,
Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública (EASP),
Granada, Spain

Mr Owen Metcalfe
Director,
Institute of Public Health in Ireland,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Dr. Monica O'Mullane
Lecturer,
Department of Public Health,
Faculty of Health and Social Work,
Trnava University (Trnavská Univerzita),
Trnava, Slovakia

Dr Susie Palmer
HIIA Project, Project Manager,
(Secondee from Glasgow City Council, Health Policy Team),
Scottish Government Health Directorates,
Scottish Government,
Glasgow, Scotland

Robert Quigley
Director, Quigley and Watts Limited,
Wellington, New Zealand

Arthi Rao
PhD student and Research Assistant,
Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development,
School of City and Regional Planning,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA

Professor Mala Rao MBBS, MSc, FFPH, PhD, Hon FFSRH,
Professor of International Health,
University of East London, UK
and
Honorary Adviser, Administrative Staff College of India,
Hyderabad, India

Karen Roof
Graduate Instructor, University of Colorado Denver,
and
Principal, EnviroHealth Consulting,
Colorado, USA

Dr. Catherine L. Ross
Harry West Professor,
Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD)
School of City and Regional Planning,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia

Associate Professor Louise Signal
Director, HIA Research Unit,
University of Otago,
Wellington, New Zealand

Matthew Soeberg
Department of Public Health and IAIA Health Section Member,
University of Otago,
Wellington, New Zealand

Drs. Mieke Steenbakkers
Senior staff member Regional Public Health Service South Limburg,
PHD student of the Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health,
School of Public Health and Primary Care, CAPHRI,
Maastricht University and Public Health Service South Limburg,
The Netherlands

Ilse Storm, MSc
Senior researcher Health in All Policies,
Centre for Public Health Forecasting,
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment,
Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Dr. Decharut Sukkumnoed
Lecturer,
Faculty of Economics,
Kasetsart University,
Bangkok, Thailand

Francesca Viliani, MPH
Public health consultant,
Co-Chair Health Section of IAIA (International Association for Impact Assessment),
Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Salim Vohra
Director,
IOM Centre for Health Impact Assessment,
Institute of Occupational Medicine,
Edinburgh and London, United Kingdom