HIA Guides and Steps

A Health Impact Assessment Toolkit: A Handbook to Conducting HIA - Developed by HIP, this toolkit introduces and defines HIA, describes each step of the HIA process, and discusses other aspects of HIA such as collaboration and when to use HIA
HIA A Guide for Practice - Developed by Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, this guide describes the key tasks and activities for HIA as well as the issues and challenges that arise in the course of practice.
HIA Practice Standards - Standards for application of HIA developed by the North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group
HIA Summary Guides - Two-page summaries for each of the steps of HIA and community participation in HIA
Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment - Developed by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in 2011.
FAQs about Integrating HIA into EIA - A guide to integrating HIA into Environmental Impact Assessment

Equity and Stakeholder Engagement

Communicating about Equity in HIA: A Guide for Practitioners - This guide intends to aid HIA practitioners in their efforts to communicate about equity as an essential step towards advancing equity through practice.
Community Participation in Evaluation - Study co-authored by HIP and the Center for Community Health and Evaluation looking at how community participation impacted core HIA values like equity and democracy, and the success of the HIA.
Equity and HIA Webinar - An interactive webinar that introduces the theoretical underpinnings for an equity-focused approach to HIA practice. Participants learn measurable ways to integrate equity into each step of an HIA, as described in the Equity Metrics for Health Impact Assessment Practice, and discuss how an intentional focus on equity changes the approach to conducting an HIA and those engaged in the process.
Updated Equity Metrics for Health Impact Assessment Practice - An updated planning and evaluation framework to help advance equity through Health Impact Assessments, developed by SOPHIA’s Equity Working Group.
Promoting Equity Through HIA - Primer describing strategies that practitioners can take to ensure that the value of equity be meaningfully incorporated into HIA
Guidance and Best Practices for Stakeholder Participation - 2012
Roles for Collaborators - Examples of roles for collaborators in the HIA process
Tools and Materials for Stakeholder Engagement

HIA Training Materials

HIP's Training Slides - Slides Human Impact Partners uses in our two-day HIA training

Screening & Getting Started

Screening White Paper - In-depth discussion of questions to address in choosing a topic for a HIA
Screening Worksheet - Sample worksheet to guide HIA screening
HIA Readiness Question Guide - Questions to consider with prospective HIA partners to determine their preparedness for launching a HIA
HIA Committees' Roles and Functions - Summary of the purpose, roles, and functions of the various types of committees involved in HIAs
HIA for Organizers - Provides a background on HIA, brief examples of how it has been used in organizing, examples of HIA and organizing wins, and simple steps organizers can take to take to build their capacity around HIA

HIA Scoping

Scoping Worksheet - Sample worksheet to guide HIA scoping
Pathway Diagram Examples - Sample pathway diagrams connecting various issues to health for use in the HIA scoping step
Example of an HIA Scope - Example of a completed HIA scope

HIA Research and Assessment Resources

Data Sources - A list of commonly used data sources in HIA
Impact Analysis Template - See HIA Report Guide for sample impact analysis table categories (see assessment section)
Sustainable Communities Index - Comprehensive evaluation metric to consider health needs in urban development plans and projects

HIA Reporting Resources

HIA Report Guide - A template and information on what to include in your HIA report

HIA Monitoring and Evaluation Resources

Example HIA Monitoring Plan - An example of the HIA Monitoring Plan from the Kohala Center's Health Impact Assessment in Hawaii
HIA Evaluation Sample Questions - Sample questions for evaluating a HIA process

New Rapid HIA Model

Human Impact Partners recently developed and implemented a new model for conducting a rapid HIA. This model aims to conduct an HIA within a short decision-making timeline, while maintaining a high level of stakeholder engagement in the process. A more detailed description of the rapid HIA model can be found here.

Click here for links to materials used in one of HIP’s rapid HIA pilot projects.
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Public Health Policy Briefs

Tackling the Root Causes of Health Inequities: How the Alameda County Public Health Department is Addressing the Social Determinants of Health

Published Articles

Sample HIA Policies

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