The Coffs Harbour ‘Our Living City Settlement Strategy’ Health Impact Assessment

Tugwell, Andrew; Johnson, Pamela R.

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2010.02.004

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“…Several studies across multiple geographic contexts referred to the qualities of trust and transparency as key to relationship building between partners, including leaders within the partnership 16 , 50 or their representative actors. 23 , 25 , 27 , 40 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 48 , 49 Trust building was hampered by unequal power between partner representatives, and hierarchical relationships. 35 , 40 , 47 , 50 Two UK partnerships between local government and the NHS outlined that prioritising structural approaches (eg, integrating services across sectors) at the cost of “informal” relationship building was detrimental to the partnership.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several studies noted the importance of practicing inter-organisational capacity building 23 - 25 , 46 , 48 and mutual learning between partner actors. 46 A Dutch 44 and Australian study 45 both stated the importance of aligning partnership with the core business of both partner organisations, including identifying areas of overlap to focus on.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Intersectoral Partnerships Between Local Governments and Health Organisations in High-Income Contexts: A Scoping Review

Yashadhana,

Jaques,

Chaudhuri

et al. 2024

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: Local governments are the closest level of government to the communities they serve. Traditionally providing roads, rates and garbage services, they are also responsible for policy and regulation, particularly land use planning and community facilities and services that have direct and indirect impacts on (equitable) health and wellbeing. Partnerships between health agencies and local government are therefore an attractive proposition to progress actions that positively impact community health and well-being. Yet, the factors underpinning these partnerships across different contexts are underdeveloped, as mechanisms to improve population health and well-being. Methods: A scoping review was conducted to gain insight into the concepts, theories, sources, and knowledge gaps that shape partnerships between health and local governments. The search strategy followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines and was informed by a critical realist approach that identifies necessary, contingent and contextual factors in the literature. MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and ProQuest Central databases were searched for studies published between January 2005 and July 2021. Results: The search yielded 3472 studies, after deleting duplicates and initial title and abstract screening, 188 papers underwent full text review. Twenty-nine papers were included in the review. Key themes shaping partnerships included funding and resources; partnership qualities; governance and policy; and evaluation and measures of success. The functional, organisational and individual aspects of these themes are explored and presented in a framework. Conclusion: Given that local government are the closest level of government to community, this paper provides a sophisticated roadmap that can underpin partnerships between local government and health agencies aiming to influence population health outcomes. By identifying key themes across contexts, we provide a framework that may assist in designing and evaluating evidence-informed health and local government partnerships.

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confidence: 99%

Intersectoral Partnerships Between Local Governments and Health Organisations in High-Income Contexts: A Scoping Review

Yashadhana,

Jaques,

Chaudhuri

et al. 2024

Int J Health Policy Manag

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“…This theme was a key aspect of the current study that sought to consider the impact of the Ballyfermot HIA on community participation and collaborative inter-sectoral and inter-agency working. It has been argued that HIA should be adopted as a key tool to facilitate effective working partnerships between organisations and sectors and to improve community engagement (Bos, 2006;O'Reilly et al, 2006;Tugwell and Johnson, 2011). The study found that the Ballyfermot HIA to some extent developed and/or enhanced both formal and informal working relationships amongst community members and service providers.…”

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confidence: 97%

Impacts of an HIA on inter-agency and inter-sectoral partnerships and community participation: lessons from a local level HIA in the Republic of Ireland

Pursell

Kearns

2012

Health Promotion International

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This study evaluates the impacts of a locally based health impact assessment (HIA) on community participation, inter-sectoral and inter-agency partnership in local decision and policy-making processes. The methods comprised a series of semi-structured interviews with key informants followed by thematic analysis of transcribed responses. The study revealed a number of positive impacts among both community and service providers. A particularly advantageous impact was the facilitation of community learning through a local action group formed as a recommendation of the HIA that provided community development and HIA training. During the HIA process all participants increased their knowledge of health determinants and recognized a broader range of evidence sources for local decision-making. Participants also developed a greater understanding of each other's roles and perspectives. Additionally, the study revealed a number of barriers to HIA. Differing views on the role of HIA were evident whereby community members tended to regard HIA as an advocacy tool for local issues impacting on health in their locality, while service providers perceived its role more in terms of networking and collaboration. A key area remaining to be tackled in terms of partnership working is the approach of service agencies to enabling meaningful community participation in local decision-making processes. In this respect, attention to the cultural dimension of inter-sectoral working, and the need for training for both service agency staff and community members prior to or at the initial stages of HIA are required. Such changes could facilitate more meaningful community inclusion and help to address the current power imbalance between these two sectors.

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“…HIA can use this evidence base, and add to it, to encourage policy decision-makers to consider and act to improve the health of urban populations. For example, a process and impact evaluation of an HIA on a local government population settlement strategy found the provision of evidence was rated as one of the most important outcomes HIA, and was recognized as a key strength that HIA can bring to local government decisionmaking and implementation (Tugwell & Johnson, 2010). This was also the main finding of review investigating the usefulness of six of HIAs included in this paper that were conducted in collaboration with local government stakeholders (Menzies, 2007).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The HIAs reported in this paper have including local government, housing, planning, transport and infrastructure, and from communities. Local government has been especially receptive to HIA (Menzies, 2007;Tugwell & Johnson, 2010). This is germane given the recognition in the 2007 State of the World Population report of the central role of local government in managing urban population growth (UN-FPA, 2007).…”

Section: Hia Facilitates Stakeholder Participationmentioning

confidence: 95%

Health Impact Assessment for Urban and Land-use Planning and Policy Development: Lessons from Practice

Harris¹,

Harris‐Roxas²,

Wise³

et al. 2010

Planning Practice & Research

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There is increased interest in, and awareness of, the health impacts of urban and land-use planning. At the same time, health impact assessment (HIA) has emerged internationally as an approach to strengthening the possible positive impacts of a proposed development or plan and mitigating the possible negative health impacts. This article first provides an overview of HIA, focusing on the history of HIA and its core conceptual underpinnings. The article then critically reflects on the value of undertaking HIA based on experiences from 13 HIAs on planning proposals in Australia. In doing so, the article makes the case for the use of HIA in urban and land-use planning based on practical examples of how HIA has been applied to different types of urban policies and plans to improve healthy urban places.

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The Coffs Harbour ‘Our Living City Settlement Strategy’ Health Impact Assessment

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Intersectoral Partnerships Between Local Governments and Health Organisations in High-Income Contexts: A Scoping Review

Intersectoral Partnerships Between Local Governments and Health Organisations in High-Income Contexts: A Scoping Review

Impacts of an HIA on inter-agency and inter-sectoral partnerships and community participation: lessons from a local level HIA in the Republic of Ireland

Health Impact Assessment for Urban and Land-use Planning and Policy Development: Lessons from Practice

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