Assignment: Health Impact Assessment HLT 555
HLT555 Environmental Health
Week 8 Assignment
Health
Impact Assessment (Benchmark Assignment)
A health
impact assessment (HIA), described in Chapter 4 of your textbook, is a process
for describing and estimating the effects a proposed project or policy may have
on the health of a population. For this assignment, imagine you asked asked to
conduct a HIA for a proposed waste management facility in your community.
In a paper
of 1,250-1,500-words address the following questions and issues:
Provide an
overview and description of the stages of an health impact assessment. How is
it different from other forms of assessment, such as an environmental impact
assessment or a community health assessment?
What
information would you need about the proposed project?
What
information would you need about the community to understand the potential
health effects?
What
recommendations would you propose to promote positive health effects? What
recommendations would you propose to mitigate adverse health effects?
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Which
decision makers would need this information? Why?
You are
required to use a minimum of five additional references in your paper.
Prepare
this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This
assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade
the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning
the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations
for successful completion of the assignment.
You are
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in
the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to LopesWrite.
Health impact assessment (HIA) is a tool that can help communities, decision makers, and practitioners make choices that improve public health through community design.
CDC’s Healthy Community Design Initiative is the only source of federal expertise to help states and communities integrate health considerations into transportation and community planning decisions. Learn more about the Healthy Community Design Initiative’s funded HIA programs and HIA accomplishments.
In the United States, HIA is a rapidly emerging practice among local, state, and federal jurisdictions. A list of completed and in progress HIAs in the United States is available at http://www.healthimpactproject.org/hia/us