Investigating underlying principles to guide health impact assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many countries conduct Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of their projects and policies to predict their positive and negative health impacts. In recent years many guides have been developed to inform HIA practice, largely reflecting local developments in HIA. These guides have often been designed for specific contexts and specific need, making the choice between guides difficult. The objective of the current study is to identify underlying principles in order to guide HIA practice in Iran.

Methods

This study was conducted in three stages: 1) Studies comparing HIA guidelines were reviewed to identify criteria used for comparison seeking emphasized principles. 2) The HIA characteristics extracted from published papers were categorized in order to determine the princip

SUBMITTER: Fakhri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4075098 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature