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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Lessons in applying health impact assessment to regeneration schemes: the Victorian experience

Jessica McCormick
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A Department of Health Science, Monash University

B Email: Jessica.McCormick@med.monash.edu.au

NSW Public Health Bulletin 18(10) 180-181 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB07072
Published: 26 September 2007

Abstract

The value of health impact assessment (HIA) to sectors outside the health domain is increasingly being recognised. A Victorian study explored the application of HIA within a regeneration context. What emerged is a complex analysis of the practical dimensions of applying HIA in this context.


Acknowledgements

The author wishes to acknowledge several people and organisations for their support of this project including Professor John Catford, Mary Mahoney, the Southern Metropolitan Region and North and West Metropolitan Region, Victorian Department of Human Services, and staff and residents from the two Neighbourhood Renewal sites.


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