[Evaluation of impact on health--a central responsibility of the public health service].
Health impact assessment (HIA) is defined in this paper as the adequate coverage of health aspects within the context of environmental impact assessment. HIA is a typical task for the public health service. A project on HIA undertaken by the North Rhine-Westphalian Research Compound for Public Health found out that presently the opportunity to use HIA for preventive health purposes is still largely neglected. However, in a survey local health departments expressed great interest in receiving HIA-training. A workable concept and supporting tools are both necessary prerequisites for the practice of HIA becoming routine. This paper presents a ten step HIA-conceptl. Supporting tools are presently under development and testing.
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Landesinstitut für den öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abteilung Umweltmedizin, Bielefeld.
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D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors
Gesundheitsverträglichkeitsprüfung--eine Schwerpunktaufgabe des öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes.