Current status and influencing factors of policy identification in health impact assessment: a case study of Zhejiang Province.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health impact assessment (HIA) is a procedure, method and tool for evaluating the potential health impacts of policies, plans and construction projects, as well as the distribution of these impacts on population. Majority of international studies on health impact assessment have focussed on conceptual papers or case evaluations, neglecting participants' views on policies.

Methods

A semi-structured interview with 30 health impact assessment experts was employed in this study, and the Nvivo software was utilized to analyse factors that influence policy identification. Subsequently, a multi-stage stratified random sampling method was adopted to survey 655 pilot staff members involved in health impact assessment in Zhejiang Province. Descriptive statistics were used t

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10626660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature