Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity

Fit for More Than One PurposeTypologies, Theory and Evaluation in Health Impact Assessment

Ben Harris-RoxasConsultant, Harris-Roxas Health

Conjoint Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Health Section Co-Chair, International Association for Impact Assessment

Protect health

Promote health

Reduce health inequities

Mandated

Decision Support

Advocacy

Community LedHarris-Roxas B, Harris E (2011) Differing Forms, Differing Purposes: A Typology of Health Impact Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 31(4):396-403. doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2010.03.003

Mandated

Decision Support

Advocacy

Community Led

Mandated

Decision Support

Advocacy

Community LedHarris-Roxas B, Harris E (2011) Differing Forms, Differing Purposes: A Typology of Health Impact Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 31(4):396-403. doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2010.03.003

Harris E, Baum F, Harris-Roxas B, Kemp L, Spickett J, Keleher H, HarrisM, Morgan R, Dannenberg A, Sukkumnoed D, Wendel A. The effectiveness of health impact assessments conducted in Australia and New Zealand; Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grants; 2010-2011. [DP1096211]

Protect health

Promote health

Reduce health inequities

Improve governance & public decision-making

Learning

Personal

Organisational

Social

Technical

Conceptual

Social

Glasbergen P. Learning to manage the environment. In: Lafferty W, Meadowcroft J, (eds). Democracy and the environment: problems and prospects. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 1999. p. 175–93.

Take away messages

• Typology - there’s more than one form of HIA and they have

different purposes

• Learning from HIAs takes different forms – technical, conceptual

and social

• It’s important to examine both purpose and types of learning

when evaluating HIAs

HIA is fit for more than one purpose

Acknowledgements• The HIA2012 organisers

• The International Association for Impact Assessment’s Health Section for their ongoing support and ideas

• The University of New South Wales Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity for their ongoing collaboration

ben@harrisroxashealth.com

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