A health impact assessment (HIA), described in Chapter 4 of your textbook, is a
process for describing and estimating the effects a proposed project or policy may
have on the health of a population. For this assignment, imagine you asked asked to
conduct a HIA for a proposed waste management facility in your community.In a paper
of 1,250-1,500-words address the following questions and issues:
– Provide an overview and description of the stages of an health impact
assessment. How is it different from other forms of assessment, such as an
environmental impact assessment or a community health assessment?
– What information would you need about the proposed project?
– What information would you need about the community to understand the potential
health effects?
– What recommendations would you propose to promote positive health effects? What
recommendations would you propose to mitigate adverse health effects?
– Which decision makers would need this information? Why?
