
%0 Journal Article
%A Simpson, Sarah 
%T An introduction to health impact assessment
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 2005/08/01
%V 16
%N 8
%P 106-107
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB05025
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB05025 
%X Health impact assessment (HIA) is a structured and stepwise process for identifying the potential beneficial and harmful health impacts of a policy, program, development or project proposal before its implementation, with the purpose of using this information to improve the proposal. A widely used and accepted definition of HIA is: A combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, program or project may be assessed for its potential, and often unanticipated, effects on the health of the population and the distribution of these impacts within the population. 
