New Zealand Health Impact Assessment Support Unit

NZ Health Impact Assessment Support Unit

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New Zealand Health Impact Assessment Support Unit
www.moh.govt.nz/hiasupportunit

The New Zealand Health Impact Assessment Support Unit is a New Zealand wide service responsible to the Office of the Director of Public Health, part of the Ministry of Health, based in Wellington. It has been established as part of a wider strategy to improve health and reduce inequalities in New Zealand.

Are key roles are to:

Raise awareness about health impact assessment and the tools available to undertake health impact assessment
Support the development and effective use of the health impact assessment approach in New Zealand through building partnerships with key statutory, voluntary, community and private organisations in.
Provide technical advice, guidance and support to those who are in the process of starting or undertaking an health impact assessment
Build up an evidence base of information, tips, case studies, and good in New Zealand and overseas and contribute to the provision of new research that will inform and improve judgements about the potential impacts of policies, programmes and projects on health
Creating capacity through the provision of awareness raising presentations, training sessions in the use of HIA, its value and benefits within and across organisations and the facilitation of rapid appraisals.

Contact us

New Zealand Health Impact Assessment Support Unit
Office of the Director of Public Health
Health & Disability Systems Strategy Directorate
Ministry of Health
PO Box 5013
Wellington

Tel. (04) 816 2837 or (04) 816 2672
Email: hia@moh.govt.nz

Page last updated: 25 October 2007