Health in Impact Assessments – Opportunities not to be missed

Issue/problem Impact assessment is an approach to estimate and anticipate the consequences of plans and policies. It is a key resources for achieving foresight in societal decisions. As such, impact assessment can and does play a crucial role in governing the health implications of policies in all sectors of society. However, human health is often not covered adequately in impact assessments focusing, for example, on environmental impacts. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) has emerged as a response. …

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