The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) is pleased to
announce the publication of the new health impact assessment (HIA)
guidance for Wales. ‘HIA: A Practical Guide’ replaces the previous
guidance ‘Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities: A Practical Guide
to HIA’ and contains new and updated resources, information and links to
evidence and practice. It gives policy makers and practitioners alike an
overview of the Welsh approach to HIA and includes background policy
context as much as practical information. It is now available at
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/Documents/522/Whiasu%20Guidance%20Report%20%28English%29%20V2%20WEB.pdf
The guide has several new sections including the role of community
knowledge and stakeholders HIA, quantification and qualitative methods
of assessing health and wellbeing impacts and provides new resources
such as Screening Appraisal and Scoping Checklists, ‘How to Commission a
HIA’ and ‘Quality Assuring a HIA’. These are all available as
individually downloadable documents distinct from the main guide.
Hard copies are also available should you require them. Please email Liz
Green, [log in to unmask] or Chloe Chadderton,
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