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Health Impact Assessment’s Role in Mine Planning
Published in Karlheinz Spitz, John Trudinger, Mining and the Environment, 2019
Karlheinz Spitz, John Trudinger
Consultation and collaboration with key stakeholders and potentially affected communities is an essential component of HIA. Consultation should commence as early as possible and be maintained throughout. Community engagement includes: Establishing a community and stakeholder engagement plan (Chapter Four);Identifying potentially affected communities and other stakeholders; andEstablishing collaborative mechanisms for the inclusion of relevant health sector representatives. Community engagement during the HIA brings benefits, as engagement can assist in: Identifying local important environmental, social, economic and cultural issues as well as current health concerns;Accessing local resources and expertise; andAddressing community concerns before they become significant issues.
Social aspects of water management
Published in Bogumil Ulanicki, Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, David Butler, Peter L.M. Bounds, Fayyaz Ali Memon, Water Management Challenges in Global Change, 2020
Bogumil Ulanicki, Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, David Butler, Peter L.M. Bounds, Fayyaz Ali Memon
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) has been defined as “a combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, programme or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of the population, and the distribution of those effects within the population” (WHO ECHP, 1999). In rather more concrete terms, it has also been defined as “a multidisciplinary process within which a range of evidence about the health effects of a proposal is considered in a structured framework, ...based on a broad model of health which proposes that economic, political, social, psychological and environmental factors determine population health” (NYPHO, 2001).
Due diligence in the mining sector
Published in Sumit K. Lodhia, Mining and Sustainable Development, 2018
The success of environmental impact assessment (EIA) requirements spawned assessments in other substantive areas. Social impact assessment (SIA) now analyzes the social and economic effects of a project. Health impact assessment (HIA) focuses on human health effects. Seeing the overlap, many companies prepare integrated assessments, such as Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessments (ESHIAs) and Environmental Safety and Security Impact Assessments (ESSHIAs).
Health impact assessment of air pollution in Lisbon, Portugal
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2022
Karina Camasmie Abe, Matilde Alexandra Rodrigues, Simone Georges El Khouri Miraglia
Nevertheless, it is important to apply comprehensive methodologies to approach economic costs of air pollution. One of the recommended methodologies that focuses on the issue is the “Health Impact Assessment” (HIA) methodology. According to the WHO, “HIA is a practical approach used to judge the potential health effects of a policy, program or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups” (WHO 2015). The HIA could be useful to analyze and predict possible impacts of air pollution on public health or the expected benefits in scenarios of reduction of pollution levels. Thus, an HIA could estimate the human health impacts of the current actions or any policies implemented, being an important tool for policy makers and stakeholders (WHO 2015).
Health benefits of reducing ambient levels of fine particulate matter: a mortality impact assessment in Taiwan
Published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 2023
Shang-Shyue Tsai, Chun-Yuh Yang
WHO defines health impact assessment (HIA) as “a combination of procedure or methods by which a policy, program, or project may be judged as to the effect it may have on the health of population” (World Health Organization WHO 1999). HIA studies have been used effectively to provide information to policy-makers and the general public (Ballester et al. 2008; Malqvist et al. 2018; Rittner et al. 2020). Assessments of the health impacts of air pollution have provided estimates of disease burden attributable to air pollution and identified the potential benefits from policies made to improve air quality (Boldo et al. 2006; Chanel et al. 2016; Nhung et al. 2022).