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Abstract
Health Impact Assessment
(A) Assesses plans, project, program or policies before they are implemented.
(B) Predicts the health impacts of these proposals, including:
(i) assessing the severity and likelihood of the identified positive and negative impacts;
(ii) determining whether these are direct or indirect impacts, and
(iii) assessing the distribution of impacts.
(C) Recommends mitigation measures:
(i) to maximise positive health impacts and minimise negative health impacts; and
(ii) engage decision makers so that they consider health impacts and the determinants of health in their deliberations.
This guide focuses on established steps or stages of HIA: screening, scoping, identification, assessment, decision-making and recommendations, and evaluation and follow-up.