HIA Archive
A list of Health Impact Assessments conducted in the United States, 1999 - 2007- PDF

Summaries & Searchable Index (coming March 2008)

HIA Approaches and Methodology

Int'l HIA Projects and Initiatives

World Health Organization (WHO) Health Impact Assessment
WHO/Europe Health Impact Assessment methods and strategies
Health Impact Assessment Gateway (U.K.)
London Health Commission - HIA
Merseyside Guidelines (U.K.)
HIA 10 minute guide (Liverpool)
Swedish Impact Assessment Summary
International HIA Consortium
Health Impact Database of the Netherlands School of Public Health
New Zealand HIA links - CIART
Canadian Handbook on Health Impact Assessment

Determinants of health

Population Health Approach (Canada)
Healthy People 2010 Objectives (U.S.)
Bedshealth (U.K.) Annual Report on Inequities/Health Action Models

Epidemiology/Risk Assessment

U.S. Centers for Disease Control
National Center for Environmental Assessment (U.S.)
California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
Society for Risk Analysis
RiskWorld: news and views on risk analysis, risk assessment, risk management, law
Harvard University - Burden of Disease Unit
WHO/ILO Environmental burden of disease - Methodology
Epiphi Consulting Group papers
Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse
Precautionary Principle

Evidence-based reviews in public health

Cochrane Collaboration (medical interventions) (international)
Centres for Health Evidence -- Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice (orignially published in JAMA)
Guide to Community Preventive Services (U.S.)
The Campbell Collaboration (Evidence-based reviews of education, criminal justice and other social interventions)
Wider Public Health report (U.K.)
Bandolier

HIA & Environmental Impact Analysis

U.S. Council on Environmental Quality
EPA-Compliance and Enforcement: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
U.S. EPA Resources on Impact Assessment
U.S. Department of Energy - NEPA Web Site
Union of Concerned Scientists

Economic & related policy analysis

U.S. Congressional Budget Office
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Economic Research Service
The Urban Institute
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
RAND Corporation
California Center for Health Improvement
California Budget Project
Public Policy Institute of California


Links to more information on topics examined in the HIAs

Living Wage

City of Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Living Wage Project

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Report: How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income Families by David Neumark

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Report: Economic Analysis of Santa Monica Living Wage Proposal by Robert Pollin & Mark Brenner

Economic Policy Institute (EPI): EPI Issue Guide Living Wage


After-School Programs

Legislative Analyst, California. Proposition 49: Before and After School Programs. State Grants. Initiative Statute. Analysis by the Legislative Analyst

California Budget Project. Budget Brief: What Would Proposition 49, The After School Education And Safety Program Act, Mean For California?

Mathematica Policy Research Report: When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program

University of California, Irvine and California Department of Education. Evaluation of California's After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program: 1999-2001 Preliminary Report, January 22, 2002 (summary only)

University of California, Los Angeles Center for the Study of Evaluation. A Decade of Results: The Impact of the LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program on Subsequent Student Achievement and Performance, June 2000

Keeping Kids in School: An LA's BEST Example A Study Examining the Long-Term Impact of LA's BEST on Students' Dropout Rates Final Deliverable - December 2005


Farm Bill

United States Department of Agriculture: Farm Bill 2002

James E. Tillotson. America's Obesity: Conflicting Public Policies, Industrial Economic Development, and Unintended Human Consequences. Annual Review of Nutrition Vol. 24: 617-643, July 2004

United States Department of Energy. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Alternative Fuels Data Center.


Buford Highway Redevelopment

Michael M. Gamble. The Art of Living Well: The Auto and the Pedestrian Reconsidered in Atlanta, Georgia Strip Developments. Buford Highway Information.

Surface Transportation Policy. Enhanced Public Health, Safety and Security

Smart Growth Online

Kansas City Walkability Plan


Walk-to-School

Safe Routes to School Sacramento

California Safe Routes to School

Centers for Disease Control Nutrition and Physical Activity Program. KidsWalk-to-School.

Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Adolescents and Young Adults.

The Community Guide to Preventive Services. Systematic Reviews and Evidence Based Recommendations. Physical Activity.