title: Lessons learnt from developing a Health Impact Assessment guide in Iran.
abstract: For others wishing to develop Health Impact Assessment (HIA) guides (manuals) and to adjust them to conditions in their countries, we draw lessons from developing an HIA guide in Iran. We derive the lessons from our research comparing HIA guides found in the international literature and our experiences in adapting international experience to an HIA model for Iran that incorporates Iranian experts' opinions.
authors.affiliation: Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. fakhri-a@kaums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fakhri
authors.affiliation: Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sidney, Australia.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Service Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maleki
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D062489:Health Impact Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D017146:Models, Organizational
keywords: HIA guide; Health Impact Assessment; healthy public policy