{"id":211,"date":"2016-06-06T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2016-09-01T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:39:21","slug":"methods-and-tools-hia-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/methods-and-tools-hia-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods and Tools (HIA) Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Decisions we make that affect our health\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/OMHHE\/healthequity\/hia\/images\/healthimpact3.jpg\" alt=\"What do these pictures have in common? Answer: Decisions made in each of the areas (transportation, development, accessibility to healthy foods, education, etc.) have an effect on our health.\" width=\"670\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"LeadStory_Span_No_Pic\">\n<div class=\"LeadStory_text\">\n<p>HIA is 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\">\n<div class=\"QuickLink_Header\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"hint\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Quick Links<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/health-impact-assessment-hia-online-toolkit\/\">HIA Home<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/background-hia-toolkit\/\">Background<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/health-impact-assessment-hia-online-toolkit\/about-hia-hia-toolkit\/\">About HIA<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/guideline-resources-hia-toolkit\/\">HIA Guidelines<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/methods-and-tools-hia-toolkit\/\">HIA Methods<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/hia-case-studies-hia-toolkit\/\">HIA Case Studies<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/hia-in-the-news-hia-toolkit\/\">HIA in the News<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/hia-screening-decision-diagram-hia-toolkit\/\">HIA Screening Diagram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Methods and Tools<\/h2>\n<div class=\"graybkg\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/hia\/tools\/toolkit\/en\/index.html\">World Health Organization links to HIA guides<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apho.org.uk\/resource\/view.aspx?RID=44163\">European Centre for Health Policy, WHO Regional Office for Europe. Gothenburg Consensus Paper (1999)<\/a>. (exit DHS, PDF, 138 KB)<br \/>\nNorth American HIA Practice Standards Working Group<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/hia\/survey\/Minimum_Practice_Standards.pdf\">Minimum Practice Standards, 2010 Update, version 2<\/a> (PDF, 3 MB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Human Impact Partners<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/hia\/Docs\/readiness_questions%5b2%5d.pdf\">HIA Readiness Questions<\/a> (PDF, 149 KB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/hia\/Docs\/screening_worksheet%5b1%5d.pdf\">HIA Screening Worksheet<\/a> (PDF, 75 KB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/hia\/Docs\/scoping_exercise_and_worksheet%5b1%5d.pdf\">HIA Scoping Worksheet<\/a> (PDF, 91 KB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfphes.org\/resources\/hia-tools\">Health Impact Assessment Tools &#8211; San Francisco Program on Health Equity and Sustainability<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/activelivingresearch.org\/toolsandresources\/toolsandmeasures\">Active Living Research Tools and Measures<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehdmt.org\/\">Healthy Development Measurement Tool<\/a> (indicators)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfphes.org\/elements\/24-elements\/tools\/106-pedestrian-environmental-quality-index\">Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designforhealth.net\/\">Design for Health<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthyplaces\/default.htm\">CDC&#8217;s Designing and Building Healthy Places<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/neighborhoods\">U.S. Green Building Council&#8217;s LEED for Neighborhood Development<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcommunities.ncat.org\/\">Smart Communities Network<\/a><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcommunities.ncat.org\/greendev\/tools.shtml\">Green Development Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcommunities.ncat.org\/transprt\/trantool.shtml\">Sustainable Transportation Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcommunities.ncat.org\/landuse\/tools.shtml\">Land Use Planning Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icleiusa.org\/about-iclei\/iclei-by_region\/midwest-regional-capacity-center\/action-center\/planning\/sustainability-planning-toolkit\">International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Local Governments for Sustainability &#8211; Sustainability Planning Toolkit<\/a> (PDF, 77 KB)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/environment\/tcalm\/\">Traffic Calming<\/a> (Federal Highway Administration)<br \/>\nThis is a method of applying physical measures that reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use and improve conditions for non-motorized street users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UCLA HIA Project, UCLA School of Public Health with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiaguide.org\/\">UCLA HIA Clearinghouse Learning and Information Center\u2019s HIA Archive<\/a><br \/>\nThis is a database of HIAs conducted across the U.S. with a summary of each HIA. Background information (links) on each health topic addressed in the HIA and the methods used are also provided.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Disclaimer:<\/em><em>All <\/em><em>external hyperlinks are provided as a courtesy to the general public for information purposes. The Virginia Department of Health does not testify to or endorse the accuracy of the information provided on externally linked pages.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIA is 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, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Methods and Tools (HIA) Toolkit - Health Equity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/methods-and-tools-hia-toolkit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Methods and Tools (HIA) Toolkit - 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