Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) reporting tool: developing a checklist for policymakers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) is a decision support tool that shows users how a new program, policy, or innovation affects health equity in different population groups. Various HEIA reporting and dissemination tools are available, nevertheless, a practical standard tool to present the results of HEIA in an appropriate period to policymakers is lacking. This work reports the development of a tool (a checklist) for HEIA reporting at the decision-making level, aiming to promote the application of HEIA evidence for improving health equity.

Methods

This is a mixed-method study that was carried out over four stages in 2022-2023: 1) identifying HEIA models, checklists, and reporting instruments; 2) development of the initial HEIA reporting checklist; 3) checkl

SUBMITTER: Olyaeemanesh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10657117 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature