Integrating Health in Impact Assessment: opportunities for Health Promotion post 2015

IAIA members together with WHO Europe and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) have conducted a research about “Health Inclusion in Impact Assessment”. The preliminary findings were presented in Calgary at IAIA2013 to other Impact Assessment practitioners. This joint discussion further refined the papers, the overall conclusions, and recommendations on the way forward. The final publication will be available on all Institutions websites in the coming months. In the mean time we present a poster at the 8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, starting next week in Copenhagen. The poster focuses on the role that Impact Assessment can play in the post 2015 agenda. This is a crucial time when new global sustainable goals are under scrutiny and discussion. The Final Report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Health states that “Health is central to sustainable development: health is a beneficiary of development, a contributor to development, and a key indicator of what people-centred, rights-based, inclusive, and equitable development seeks to achieve.” In this new post 2015 development framework the contributions of other sectors to health and wellbeing are clearly articulated. Impact Assessment is the existing and widely accepted process which can be applied to all sectoral policies, programs, and projects in order to secure health, minimize health risks, and maximize health opportunities.

WHO Determinants of Health Discussion Paper Series

This is a WHO publication series devoted to the social determinants of health.

The series explores themes related to strategy, governance, tools and capacity building for addressing the social determinants of health to improve health equity

Action on the Social Determinants of Health: learning from previous experiences
Download discussion paper 1 at: http://bit.ly/14eLnIb

A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health
Download discussion paper 2 at: http://bit.ly/ZiWe5j

Monitoring Social Well-being to Support Policies on the Social Determinants of Health:
the case of New Zealand's "Social Reports/Te Purongo Oranga Tangata"
Download discussion paper 3 at: http://bit.ly/12m6FsX

Public Health Agencies and Cash Transfer Programmes:
making the case for greater involvement
Download discussion paper 4 at: http://bit.ly/11AeIe4


Evaluating intersectoral process for action on the social determinants of health:
Learning from key informants
Download discussion paper 5 at: http://bit.ly/10MLZY7

Addressing social determinants of health through intersectoral actions:
Five public policy cases from Mexico
Download discussion paper 6 at: http://bit.ly/15DrU77

Economic arguments for intersectoral interventions that improve the social determinants of health: Mexico
Download discussion paper 7 at: http://bit.ly/18QJus8

Cross-country analysis of the institutionalization of Health Impact Assessment
Download discussion paper 8 at: http://bit.ly/11V2G4Y