ReviewPreventing chronic disease2015
An evaluation of health impact assessments in the United States, 2011-2014.
Review in Preventing chronic disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evidence for the effectiveness of health impact assessment in spatial planning on health outcomes: A systematic review and stakeholder involvement from a UK perspective.Public health · 2025Pooled it
- Health Impact Assessments of Health Sector Proposals: An Audit and Narrative Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic Literature Review of Health Impact Assessments in Low and Middle-Income Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of tobacco control policies and programmes targeting adolescents: a systematic review.European journal of public health · 2018Pooled it
- Knowledge structure and research trends of health impact assessment: A bibliometric review from 2000 to 2022.Medicine · 2026Review
- Health in All Policies Implementation in Quebec Suggests Great Promise for U.S.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Engaging Communities and Empowering Research: Lessons from a Network of Community Engagement Cores.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Routemap for health impact assessment implementation: scoping review using the consolidated framework for implementation research.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- What works when working together?: Cross-sector collaboration barriers & facilitators of a built environment Health Impact Assessment in Southern Nevada.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- A New Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating Health Impact Assessment: Capitalising on a French Case Study with the Literature in Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Evaluating Racial/Ethnic Equity in Planning-Related U.S. Health Impact Assessments Involving Parks and Greenspaces: A Review.Journal of the American Planning Association. American Planning Association · 2023Article
- Use of health impact assessments in the housing sector to promote health in the United States, 2002-2016.Journal of housing and the built environment : HBE · 2021Article
- HIA and EIA Are Different, but Maybe Not in the Way We Thought They Were: A Bibliometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis.Environmental health perspectives · 2021Review
- The Development of a Rapid Health Impact Assessment Model for Songkhla Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Policy in Southern Thailand.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
- The Elaboration of an Intersectoral Partnership to Perform Health Impact Assessment in Urban Planning: The Experience of Quebec City (Canada).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Health Impact Assessment Implementation Models in the Regions of Montérégie (Québec, Canada) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Health Impact Assessments in Spain: Have They Been Effective?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Rapid Health Impact Assessment of a Proposed Poultry Processing Plant in Millsboro, Delaware.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Avenues of Influence: the Relationship between Health Impact Assessment and Determinants of Health and Health Equity.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionThe Center for Community Health and Evaluation conducted a 3-year evaluation to assess results of health impact assessments (HIAs) in the United States and to identify elements critical for their success.
methodsThe study used a retrospective, mixed-methods comparative case study design, including a literature review; site visits; interviews with investigators, stakeholders, and decision makers for 23 HIAs in 16 states that were completed from 2005 through 2013; and a Web-based survey of 144 HIA practitioners.
resultsAnalysis of interviews with decision makers suggests HIAs can directly influence decisions in nonhealth-related sectors. HIAs may also influence changes beyond the decision target, build consensus and relationships among decision makers and their constituents, and give community members a stronger voice in decisions that affect them. Factors that may increase HIA success include care in choosing a project or policy to be examined' selecting an appropriate team to conduct the HIA; engaging stakeholders and decision makers throughout the process; crafting clear, actionable recommendations; delivering timely, compelling messages to appropriate audiences; and using multiple dissemination methods. Challenges to successful HIAs include underestimating the level of effort required, political changes during the conduct of the HIA, accessing relevant local data, engaging vulnerable populations, and following up on recommendations.
conclusionResults of this study suggest HIAs are a useful tool to promote public health because they can influence decisions in nonhealth-related sectors, strengthen cross-sector collaborations, and raise awareness of health issues among decision makers.
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