title: [Evaluation of impact on health--a central responsibility of the public health service].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Landesinstitut für den öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abteilung Umweltmedizin, Bielefeld.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kobusch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Serwe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Protoschill-Krebs
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Gesundheitsverträglichkeitsprüfung--eine Schwerpunktaufgabe des öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes.