Health impact assessments are needed in decision making about environmental and land-use policy

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 947-956

  Wernham, Aaron ^a  

^a PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAND USE; POLLUTION; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CITY PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051519174     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0050     Document Type: Article

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39. This conclusion is based on conversations between the author and representatives of organizations that have helped develop the practice of health impact assessments in the United States, including two offices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Human Impact Partners, the National Association of City and County Health Officials, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and other nonprofit organizations; as well as health impact assessment professionals at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, and the Georgia Institute of Technology
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