Health impact assessment publications

Publications relating to health impact assessment in New Zealand.

Note: These publications are not health impact assessments – these are available in the Completed health impact assessments section.

Publications

Achieving healthy urban planning: A comparison of three methods

Published 05 March 2012

This paper compares three approaches to incorporating health and equity into urban planning: health impact assessment (HIA); seconding public health professionals to local government; and community-driven planning, by studying recent New Zealand cases.

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Integrating Health Impact Assessment in Urban Design and Planning: The Manukau experience

Published 02 September 2011

This paper explores how a health impact assessment (HIA) process was used to forge closer links between health and urban design agendas in Manukau City.

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Review of Health Impact Assessments Conducted under the Ministry of Health Learning by Doing Fund

Published 02 June 2011

This publication reviews those Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) (including the WOHIAs) funded as part of the Learning by Doing initiative in 2007/08 and 2008/09.

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Evaluating Health Impact Assessments in New Zealand

Published 05 August 2010

Are Health Impact Assessments worthwhile? Answering this question involves evaluating HIAs, and the purpose of this paper is to provide guidance on the evaluation of HIAs in New Zealand. It brings together a diverse range of national and international views to provide a starting point for those undertaking HIA evaluation.

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Whānau Ora Health Impact Assessment 2007

Published 02 April 2007

The Whānau Ora Health Impact Assessment tool is a formal approach used to predict the potential health effects of a policy on Māori and their whānau. It pays particular attention to Māori involvement in the policy development process and articulates the role of the wider health determinants in influencing health and well-being outcomes.

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