Table 1 The HIA characteristics extracted from literature review and their categorizations
From: Proposing a framework for Health Impact Assessment in Iran
The characteristics of HIA in the papers | Categories |
|---|---|
Range of impacts considered | - Health impacts (Health dimensions and health determinants) |
Focus of HIA | |
Multidisciplinary | |
Comprehensive | |
Potential impacts | |
Health determinants | |
Type of HIA (rapid, intermediate, comprehensive) | - Type of HIA (rapid, intermediate, comprehensive) |
Effective stakeholder participation | - Participation |
Cross-sectoral approach | |
Multidisciplinary | |
Intersectoral engagement | |
Health advocacy | |
Quantification | - Quantification |
Consideration of health inequalities | - Inequality assessment |
Supportive institutional context | - Economic conditions |
Politicised context | - Political environment |
Political commitment | - Social context |
Clear bureaucratic mandate | |
Politico-administrative environment | |
Policy process | |
Community context | |
Context for HIA use | |
Governance | |
Social acceptance | |
Socio-political environment | |
Policy framework and procedures | |
Socio-political context | |
Developed or developing economy | |
Population attitude and belief | - Community |
Stakeholder position | - Key informants |
Engaging a diverse set of stakeholders | - Project proponents |
Engagement with impacted communities | - Decision makers |
Community and stakeholder involvement | - Assessors |
Policy makers involvement | |
Community participation | |
Participation in HIA | |
Shared ownership | |
Base | - HIA principles |
General stream | - HIA values |
Principles and values | - Relation to other IAs |
Timing (retrospective, concurrent, prospective) | - Level of HIA |
Influence decision making | |
Predictive | |
Sector of intervention | |
Steering group | |
Who conduct HIA | |
Conceptual framework | |
Robust and broad theoretical foundation | |
Model of health | |
Using of structured framework | |
Systematic approach | |
Structured and stepwise process | |
Level of HIA | |
Administrative level of conducting HIA | |
Relation to other forms of IA | |
Integration with economic appraisal | |
Institutionalization | - Statutory requirements |
Statutory requirements | |
Clearness of responsibility and Accountability | |
Voluntary vs. Regulator | |
Funding | - HIA resources |
Resource needs and limitations | |
Economic feasibility | |
Cost-effectiveness of HIA | |
Skilled facilitation | - Human capacities |
Competent practitioners | - Organisational capacities |
Capacity for professional development | |
Capacity and workforce needs | |
Capacity-building mechanisms | |
Expertism | |
HIA capacity building | |
Administrative frameworks | |
Institutional infrastructure | |
Technical appropriateness | - HIA methods & tools |
End-user–friendly implementation | |
Guidance for health analysis | |
Tools and methods | |
How to Identify health impacts | |
Methods and techniques | |
Uncertainty | |
Availability of data | - Appropriate data |
Value of evidence | - Appropriate evidence |
International HIA experience | |
Published literature consideration | |
Appropriate data sets | |
Evidence base HIA | |
Explicit source of evidence | |
Type of data | |
Examples and case study | |
Use of appropriate evidence | |
Robust evidence |