Health impact assessment
Health impact assessment (HIA) is defined as "a combination of procedures, methods, and tools by which a policy, program, or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population." (ECHP 1999, p. 4) == Overview == HIA is intended to produce a set of evidence-based recommendations to inform decision-making (Taylor & Quigley 2002, p.