Health Impact Assessment

A Good Practice Sourcebook

• Author(s): Asian Development Bank,
• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Pages: 188
• ISBN_10: 9292613081
  ISBN_13: 9789292613082
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Banks & Banking , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Health & Fitness / Health Care Issues , History / Asia / General , History / Modern / General , Medical / Health Risk Assessment , Medical / Preventive Medicine , Medical / Public Health , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... This publication provides practical tools and guidance on how development projects of the Asian Development Bank can improve the health of the communities that they serve.

This sourcebook provides up-to-date information regarding ADB environmental safeguards, poverty and social analysis, and compliance procedures in order to support the process of health impact assessment. It is a useful reference for ADB staff, borrowers, executing agencies, consultants, and others seeking a better understanding of how to implement health impact assessments. The publication outlines the procedures, methods, and tools that health impact assessments use to systematically judge the potential effects of a policy, plan, program, or project on the health of a population. It is useful to those who are producing a health impact assessment or public health management plan.