title: Greater Christchurch Draft Urban Development Strategy 2005.
abstract: The first health impact assessment (HIA) performed on a high level local government policy in New Zealand was undertaken on the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy in 2005. This report describes its development and implementation and the results from the process evaluation including some recommendations made in the assessment. We concluded that HIA is a useful tool for local government policy analysts and we recommend it.
authors.affiliation: Canterbury District Health Board, New Zealand. anna.stevenson@cdhb.govt.nz
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Banwell
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pink
mesh_terms: D002958:City Planning; D004493:Education; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014504:Urban Health; D019037:Urban Health Services; D014505:Urban Population; D014506:Urban Renewal