Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Why?

  1. To determine
    • the potential effects of a proposed policy, plan, program, or project on the health of a population;
    • the distribution of the effects within the population.
  2. Provide recommendations on monitoring and managing those effects.

How?

Assess proposed project, plan, or policy

Pertaining to
✓ Employment
✓ Development
✓ Housing
✓ Farm Policy
✓ Incarceration
✓ Immigration
✓ Education
✓ Transportation
✓ Education
Effects on
✓ Economic status
✓ Equity
✓ Opportunity
✓ Air quality
✓ Water quality
✓ Noise
✓ Safety
✓ Nutrition
✓ Activity
Impacts on
✓ Health outcomes
✓ Community well-being

Presentation: Wisconsin’s Transitional Jobs HIA

National Network of Public Health Institutes, Health Impact Assessments

Press Release: Funding in SC, WI will Ensure Health is Considered in Comprehensive Neighborhood Planning and Decisions Related to Transitional Jobs Programs

Health Impact Project: Collaboration of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS)
Health Impact Assessment Online Toolkit: Considering Health in All Policies