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The Health-Impact Assessment Tool

Keywords / Description:

Created as a supplement to Healthy Communities: A Resource Guide for Delaware Municipalities, the purpose of this quick guide is to introduce health-impact assessment—an exciting and relatively new analytic approach to planning healthier communities.

He HIA Assessment Tool can help local governments consider the following questions:  How are existing or planned land use, community design, and transportation policies, projects, or programs affecting or likely to affect public’s health?

Toolkit:

Healthy Community Design Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Community Assessment, Land Use, Planning, Policies

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration

Submitted:

11/08/2012

Modified:

11/15/2012

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