Health Impact Assessment

Healthy Community Design Fact Sheet Series, July 2010

By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/factsheets/Health_Impact_Assessment_factsheet_Final.pdf
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Built Environment and Health

This fact sheet introduces health impact assessment (HIA) as a useful tool for assessing projects and policies before implementation. It compares HIAs to environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and urges policymakers to make HIAs a mandatory part of the review process.