Health Impact Assessment of transportation projects, plans and policies: A scoping review

Waheed, Faiza; Ferguson, Glenn M.; Ollson, Christopher A.; MacLellan, James I.; McCallum, Lindsay C.; Cole, Donald C.

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2017.12.002

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“…Although the methodologies used in grey literature may not be as robust as those appearing in peer-reviewed journals, grey literature is produced by practitioners, service providers, and community members who are local knowledge holders [ 54 , 55 ]. Grey literature often provides useful information relevant to applied settings such as assessment and innovation in public health practice on what place-based interventions are effective, why, and for whom [ 56 , 57 ]. Moreover, grey literature encapsulates policy and planning documents that are outside the realm of research and are generated by different levels of government to guide policy, practice, and service delivery.…”

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Identifying Environmental Determinants Relevant to Health and Wellbeing in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Review of Grey Literature

Chakraborty

Daniel

Howard

et al. 2021

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The high prevalence of preventable infectious and chronic diseases in Australian Indigenous populations is a major public health concern. Existing research has rarely examined the role of built and socio-political environmental factors relating to remote Indigenous health and wellbeing. This research identified built and socio-political environmental indicators from publicly available grey literature documents locally-relevant to remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. Existing planning documents with evidence of community input were used to reduce the response burden on Indigenous communities. A scoping review of community-focused planning documents resulted in the identification of 1120 built and 2215 socio-political environmental indicators. Indicators were systematically classified using an Indigenous indicator classification system (IICS). Applying the IICS yielded indicators prominently featuring the “community infrastructure” domain within the built environment, and the “community capacity” domain within the socio-political environment. This research demonstrates the utility of utilizing existing planning documents and a culturally appropriate systematic classification system to consolidate environmental determinants that influence health and disease occurrence. The findings also support understanding of which features of community-level built and socio-political environments amenable to public health and social policy actions might be targeted to help reduce the prevalence of infectious and chronic diseases in Indigenous communities.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identifying Environmental Determinants Relevant to Health and Wellbeing in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Review of Grey Literature

Chakraborty

Daniel

Howard

et al. 2021

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“…Although there are no universally established HIA guidelines [36], a 'traditional' HIA might have been done earlier, to inform the GHIB's location and design. The City-State Agreement that made this HIA possible was signed after primary development decisions and permitting were approved.…”

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Mobilizing for Community Benefits to Assess Health and Promote Environmental Justice near the Gordie Howe International Bridge

Sampson

Sagovac²,

Schulz

et al. 2020

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Transportation infrastructure decisions contribute to social, economic, and health inequities in the U.S. Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) may improve understanding of potential strategies to mitigate adverse effects on quality of life from planned developments. We use the Gordie Howe International Bridge (GHIB), currently under construction in southwest Detroit, MI, as a case study to examine 15 years of community mobilization, which resulted in community benefits that included an HIA. We describe community engagement processes, household survey methods, and select findings of the baseline HIA, with a focus on their application to inform recommendations to promote quality of life. Baseline HIA results indicated significantly higher self-reported asthma rates among children living within 500 feet of trucking routes. Residents reported substantial economic (e.g., decreased home values), health (e.g., adverse outcomes, lack of health care access), and environmental (e.g., air pollution) concerns related to the GHIB. We discuss specific recommendations, based on HIA results, to reduce adverse impacts of the GHIB. These recommendations will inform ongoing community benefits negotiations. This case study provides lessons for community, academic, and government partners conducting HIAs, especially during building and operation of major infrastructure, and discusses their potential role in improving community engagement opportunities towards environmental justice.

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“…Therefore, consideration of these indirect impacts is often ignored when evaluating projects or policies. That is the reason why Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is highly recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1948(WHO, , 1999 and research cycles (Mindell et al, 2008;Waheed et al, 2018) to fill this assessment void.…”

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Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Installing Unmanned Parcel Lockers: Focusing on Residential Complexes in Korea

Pham¹,

Lee²

2019

Journal of International Logistics and Trade

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A boom in e-commerce in Korea has sparked off high daily-volume demand for smallsized home delivery services, which poses a great challenge to distribution networks, especially in urban areas where traffic congestion, accessibility, and pollution are serious problems. In addition, security issues for people who live in small townhouses and detached houses without security systems and guards have received increasing attention from the government and society. Thus, the introduction of a new alternative for home delivery services, unmanned parcel lockers, is urgent for residents living in these areas. This paper examines and compares potential socioeconomic impacts in terms of costs and benefits when such lockers are installed at selected locations in residential areas. The results show that this policy is worthy of adoption, with several undeniable benefits to local communities. In addition, sensitivity analyses estimate the economic performance of this project at different social discount rates, and they check the sensitivity of economic performance based on variations in the variables. The value of travel time savings was identified as a critical and dominating factor directly affecting economic performance.

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Health Impact Assessment of transportation projects, plans and policies: A scoping review

Cited by 29 publications

References 17 publications

Identifying Environmental Determinants Relevant to Health and Wellbeing in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Review of Grey Literature

Identifying Environmental Determinants Relevant to Health and Wellbeing in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Review of Grey Literature

Mobilizing for Community Benefits to Assess Health and Promote Environmental Justice near the Gordie Howe International Bridge

Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Installing Unmanned Parcel Lockers: Focusing on Residential Complexes in Korea

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