Healthy Places Research: Emerging Opportunities
Key PointsEmpirical research provides a solid foundation for designing and building healthy places. Such research has not always been used in the design professions.Research performed to date can guide...
View ArticleMeasuring, Assessing, and Certifying Healthy Places
Key PointsTo know whether a community can be considered a healthy place and how it can be improved, tools are needed to measure and analyze health-risk and health-protective factors and to convey such...
View ArticleThe effectiveness of health impact assessment in influencing decision-making...
AbstractBackgroundHealth Impact Assessment (HIA) involves assessing how proposals may alter the determinants of health prior to implementation and recommends changes to enhance positive and mitigate...
View ArticleWhat makes health impact assessments successful? Factors contributing to...
AbstractBackgroundWhile many guidelines explain how to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIAs), less is known about the factors that determine the extent to which HIAs affect health considerations in...
View ArticleA Systematic Review of Health Impact Assessments in the Criminal Justice System
AbstractThis study is a systematic review of the current and potential role of a public health tool or process called a health impact assessment (HIA) within the criminal justice system. The review...
View ArticleManaged retreat as a strategy for climate change adaptation in small...
AbstractIn coming decades, sea level rise associated with climate change will make some communities uninhabitable. Managed retreat, or planned relocation, is a proactive response prior to catastrophic...
View ArticleOptimizing the health benefits of climate change policies using health impact...
AbstractHealth impact assessment (HIA) is a tool that can be used to examine the potential health impacts of proposed climate change policies and offer recommendations to promote health and mitigate...
View ArticleUse of health impact assessments in the housing sector to promote health in...
AbstractHousing affects health, yet health is seldom considered in housing decisions. Health impact assessment (HIA) is a tool that can improve housing-related policies, plans, programs, and projects...
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