'Fit for purpose' health impact assessment: A realistic way forward

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Milner, S J ^a   Bailey, Cathy ^a   Deans, J ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health impact assessment; Key informants; Public policy; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; PLANNING METHOD;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; LAW; LITERATURE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042631522     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00127-6     Document Type: Article

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