National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

A Framework and Guidance for Health Impact Assessment

An NRC/IOM committee will develop a framework, terminology, and guidance for conducting health impact assessment (HIA) of proposed policies, programs, and projects (for example, transportation, land ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 2 established the rationale for examining the potential effects of decisions on health and health disparities and highlighted health impact assessment (HIA) as a potential tool for assessing ...
PBS

Health Impact Assessment in Kern County Calls for Better Infrastructure Funding

Health Impact Assessment is the connection between agricultural, economic, and public health. Health Impact Assessment is the connection between the regional agriculture production, juxtaposed ...
ucdavis.edu

Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities

Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines. (Getty) Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and ...
KMBC Kansas City

Jackson County Health Department releases health impact study of building landfill in South Kansas City

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A NEW FINDINGS ABOUT A PROPOSED SOUTH KANSAS CITY LANDFILL. A STUDY SAYS IT COULD HAVE SHORT TERM IMPACTS ON YOUR BREATHING IF YOU ...
Science Daily

Coal train pollution increases health risks and disparities

The first health impact study of coal train pollution centers on the San Francisco Bay Area, with scientists finding communities near passing coal trains suffer worse health outcomes. Trains carrying ...