Prevention Institute on the Role of HIA in US National Health Reform

The Prevention Institute has offered some ideas on how HIA can contriibute to a broader health reform agenda in its testimony to the National Research Council Committee on Health Impact Assessment:

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act we have unprecedented funding to address health in a comprehensive, cross-cutting way that takes into account the broad determinants of health. The approach is rooted in equity and in the needs of communities. In order to do this work well, it must be done sustainably with an emphasis on changing norms and institutionalizing health-promoting principles. We see HIA as playing a critical role in supporting this work and offer the following preliminary recommendations to maximize the added value of HIA in the context of health reform.

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