A critical discourse analysis of how public participants and their evidence are presented in health impact assessment reports in Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health impact assessment (HIA) involves assessing in advance how projects affect the health of particular populations. In many countries, HIA has become central to attempts to better integrate health and public participation into policy and decision making. In 2017, HIA gained statutory status in Wales. This study considers how the public and their evidence are presented within HIA reports and what insights this offers into how public participation is constructed within public health.

Methods

Critical discourse analysis, as described by Fairclough (2003), to analyse seven HIA reports produced in Wales.

Results

Discourses were grouped under four headings. "Consensus and polyphony" relates to the tendency to produce consensus. "Authors and authority" is conce

SUBMITTER: Emmerson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543135 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature