Health impact assessment for health promotion, education and learning

HIA opportunities for health promotion are considered in different decision-making and planning contexts, including urban planning, transport planning, major project development, industrial processes and intersectoral policy settings. ([1]) present findings from an examination of how health is considered and integrated into four different forms of impact assessment with a focus on climate change mitigation policies at the local level in Switzerland. The paper describes how this approach enhanced the use of public health information and knowledge in municipal government decision-making, not only by engaging municipal government in the HIA process but also through the development of shared knowledge. 2, Feyaerts, G, Deguerry, M, Deboosere P, De Spiegelaere, M., Exploration of the functions of health impact assessment in real-world policymaking in the field of social health inequality: towards a conception of conceptual learning, Glob Health Promot, 2017, ; 24, 16-24.