Health impact assessment in Canada

St-Pierre, Louise; Mendell, Anika

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“…One of its mandates is to equip Canadian public health professionals for the prospective assessment of the potential impacts of public policies on the social determinants of health. The NCCHPP provides resources and training in HIA, develops tools to support HIA practice across the country and documents and disseminates practice-relevant examples [ 27 , 28 ]. In 2019, the entry into force of the Impact Assessment Act and the replacement of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada has strengthened the role of human health within impact assessments required by the federal government [ 29 ].…”

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“…In Ontario, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has promoted the use of health equity impact assessment (HEIA) for identifying the potential health equity impacts of decision-making. The province of Nova Scotia has experimented with the practice of community HIA in a range of settings in the context of the People Assessing Their Health (PATH) Network [ 24 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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“…Work on HIA has also been undertaken in some cities. The city of Toronto has conducted HIA on different topics such as municipal solid waste, island airport expansion and wastewater treatment plants, in partnership with Toronto Public Health [ 27 , 28 ]. The city of Saskatoon used HEIA to assess its development plan, in partnership with the Saskatoon Health Region and a non-profit organization called Upstream [ 31 ].…”

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“…In this province, Section 54 of the Public Health Act offered an opportunity to institutionalize public health functions in an innovative way which introduced a general mechanism to facilitate the consideration of health issues between ministries at the central level of governance [ 28 , 32 ], and thus foster the development of intersectoral policies. The Quebec Public Health Program for 2015–2025 called for the use of HIA during the review of land-use planning and development plans, in particular.…”

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The Elaboration of an Intersectoral Partnership to Perform Health Impact Assessment in Urban Planning: The Experience of Quebec City (Canada)

Gamache

Diallo

Shankardass

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IJERPH

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Health impact assessments (HIA) allow evaluation of urban interventions’ potential effects on health and facilitate decision-making in the urban planning process. However, few municipalities have implemented this method in Canada. This paper presents the approach developed with partners, the process, and the outcomes of HIA implementation after seven years of interinstitutional collaborations in Quebec City (ten HIA). Using direct observation and meeting minutes, information includes: perceived role of each institution taking part in HIA beforehand, how the HIA process was implemented, if it was appreciated, and which outcomes were observed. The intersectoral interactions contributed to the development of a common language, which sped up the HIA process over time and fostered positive collaborations in unrelated projects. It was an effective tool to share concerns and responsibilities among independent institutions. This experience resulted in the creation of an informal group of stakeholders from four different institutions that perform HIA to this day in collaboration with researchers.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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The Elaboration of an Intersectoral Partnership to Perform Health Impact Assessment in Urban Planning: The Experience of Quebec City (Canada)

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Diallo

Shankardass

et al. 2020

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Environmental Health Impact Assessment

Dora¹

2019

Urban Health

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Urban development interventions in a variety of sectors, including in transport, housing, land-use planning, waste management, and energy can generate substantial health benefits to affected communities. These opportunities for health can be overlooked and unnecessary health risks and costs caused and potential benefits foregone if health issues are not explicitly considered as part of urban projects, plans, and strategies. Environmental health assessments bring together inputs from science and experience using a range of approaches, including community consultations and assessment of local environmental conditions to determine how local projects, plans and policies can improve population health. Formal environmental health assessments then stand to help guide thinking about how environmental factors can create health in cities, and provide a voice for children and other groups whose perspective is often not included in decision making. This chapter provides an introduction to environmental health assessments with an eye to equipping local actors to proactively contribute to creating health and health equity among urban populations, as a key tool for including Health in All Policies.

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Health impact assessment in Canada

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The Elaboration of an Intersectoral Partnership to Perform Health Impact Assessment in Urban Planning: The Experience of Quebec City (Canada)

The Elaboration of an Intersectoral Partnership to Perform Health Impact Assessment in Urban Planning: The Experience of Quebec City (Canada)

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