Health Impact Assessment in New ZealandRapid Appraisal Tool for Health Impact Assessment (2002) Author: Erica Ison Produced by: Directors of Public Health in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire with support from the Faculty of Public Health Health impact assessment has been developed to support people from different backgrounds and different situations in the assessment of a proposal's potential impacts on health. This rapid appraisal tool (sometimes known as the RAT Tool) enables users to understand better the health impacts of a proposal and to apply this information in policy decision-making. There are eight sections, each using a task-based approach to provide practical guidance on how to undertake rapid appraisal based on a participatory stakeholder workshop. This guidance can be used to complement the two Ministry of Health guides to HIA which are available on the main Resources page. The tool relates to the scoping stage, and the appraisal and reporting stage. The screening stage is not described, although reference is made to the outputs from screening and how they can be used to prepare for and undertake a participatory stakeholder workshop. Decision-making is discussed in the appraisal stage as an output of appraisal. Monitoring and evaluation is not described, however, the responsibilities of the Steering Group with respect to establishing the basic requirements for monitoring and evaluation are outlined. The tool stresses the need for careful preparation, especially if usable and useful outputs are to be obtained from the process. It is important to bear in mind that HIA as a process exemplifies action research and learning by doing. Although some of the tasks described in this document may represent substantial investments in time when they are first undertaken, subsequent HIAs will not require the same investment of time for certain tasks because the work done for previous HIAs can be built upon, e.g. information preparation tasks. Download the RAT Tool below:
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