Health Impact Assessment: A Good Practice Sourcebook
This publication provides practical tools and guidance on how development projects of the Asian Development Bank can improve the health of the communities that they serve.
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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
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Definition of Health and Safety
- Definition of Health Impact Assessment
- Integration with Bank Procedures
- Screening and Classification
- Scoping
- Terms of Reference
- Health Baseline
- Applicable Policy, Legal, and Administrative Framework and Standards
- Impact Analysis
- Mitigation and Enhancement Measures
- Appraisal
- Public Health Management Plan
- Implementation
- More Information
- Appendixes
Additional Details
- ADB administration and governance
- Safeguards
- Health
- Poverty
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- 8.5 x 11
- TIM189515-2
- 978-92-9261-308-2 (print)
- 978-92-9261-309-9 (electronic)
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