title: Health impact assessment and urbanisation. Lessons from the NSW HIA Project.
abstract: Health impact assessment (HIA) can ensure that health is a core element of sustainable urban planning. Based on the experience of the NSW HIA Project, we discuss the current strengths of HIA and challenges facing it as an urban sustainability tool across five areas: the use of evidence; integrating HIA with environmental impact assessments; including consideration of equity; recognising wider determinants of health; and building capacity.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE), part of the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity University of New South Wales. patrick.harris@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Ben F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Harris-Roxas
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Lynn A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kemp
mesh_terms: D002958:City Planning; D003153:Community Health Services; D004777:Environment; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014504:Urban Health; D014505:Urban Population