Health impact assessment : a good practice sourcebook / Asian Development Bank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Development Bank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Social aspects.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Asian Development Bank, [2018]

Summary:

This sourcebook provides up-to-date information regarding ADB environmental safeguards, poverty and social analysis, and compliance procedures in order to support the process of health impact assessment. It is a useful reference for ADB staff, borrowers, executing agencies, consultants, and others seeking a better understanding of how to implement health impact assessments. The publication outlines the procedures, methods, and tools that health impact assessments use to systematically judge the potential effects of a policy, plan, program, or project on the health of a population. It is useful to those who are producing a health impact assessment or public health management plan.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Glossary

I. Introduction

A. Vision

B. Purpose

C. Rationale

D. Policy-Setting

E. Health Impact Assessment Practices in Other Multilateral Development Banks and Elsewhere

F. Scope

G. How the Sourcebook Is Organized

H. Cross-Reference to Other Sourcebooks

II. Definition of Health and Safety

A. Introduction

B. Definition of Health

III. Definition of Health Impact Assessment

A. The Health Impact Assessment Process

B. Kinds of Health Impact Assessment

C. What Health Impact Assessment Is and Is Not

D. Opportunities and Concerns

IV. Integration with Bank Procedures

A. Health in Environmental Impact Assessments

B. Administrative Issues

V. Screening and Classification

A. Screening

B. Examples of Screening Urban Development Projects for Health

C. Health Classification

VI. Scoping

A. Opportunities and Concerns

B. Priority Health Concerns by Sector

C. Communities

D. Setting Boundaries

VII. Terms of Reference

VIII. Health Baseline

A. Health Statistics

B. Community Consultation and Social Surveys

IX. Applicable Policy, Legal, and Administrative Framework and Standards

A. Harmonization in Transboundary Projects

X. Impact Analysis

A. Quantification

B. Questions to Ask

C. Cumulative Impacts

D. Associated Assessments

XI. Mitigation and Enhancement Measures

A. Mitigation

B. Enhancement

C. Multiple Barriers

D. Healthy Engineering Design

XII. Appraisal

XIII. Public Health Management Plan

A. Actions Agreed

B. Monitoring Plan

XIV. Implementation

XV. More Information

A. Books and Guides

Appendixes

1 Communicable Disease in Infrastructure Development Including Vector-Borne Diseases.

2 Rapid Health Impact Assessment Scoping Template

3 Health Impact Assessments Terms of Reference

4 Construction Safety Checklist

5 Evaluation Guide for Health Impact Assessments.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789292613099

929261309X