Health Impact Assessment and Planning
Michelle Madeley
American Planning Association Planning and Community Health Center Washington , DC Plan4Health Research Forum May 25, 2016
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Health Impact Assessment and Planning Michelle Madeley American Planning Association Planning and Community Health Center Washington , DC Plan4Health Research Forum May 25, 2016 planning.org HIA Steps Screening Scoping Assessment
Health Impact Assessment and Planning
Michelle Madeley
American Planning Association Planning and Community Health Center Washington , DC Plan4Health Research Forum May 25, 2016
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Screening Scoping Assessment Recommendations Reporting Monitoring and evaluation
HIA Steps
Planning Definitions
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– An official document that sets goals, identifies
development in a specified geographic area.
– An operational process or rule necessary for achieving the goals and objectives set forth in a plan.
– An action undertaken to implement a plan or policy.
Number of Planning HIAs Conducted in the U.S., by year
planning.org 1 2 9 8 10 10 16 29 26 23 10 20 30 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Axis Title Number of HIAs
Overview of findings
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Planning HIAs make up 1/3 of the 350+ HIAs completed or in progress in the United States Primary Planning Topic Addressed by HIAs
# Land Use 70 Comprehensive Plan 12 Development Regulations 10 Transportation 9 Alcohol and Food 7 Public Finance 6 Environmental 5 Regional 4 Disaster Mitigation 2 Housing 2 Growth Management 2 Community Services 2 Climate Change 2 Infrastructure 1
67% 22% 11%
Plan, Policy, or Action
Plan Policy Project Action
HIAs Examined for Research Study
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Findings from the in-depth analysis
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specialized, local data.
tailored indicators
a) Population indicators b) Health indicators c) Planning indicators
recommendations for planners, public health
community partners.
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Case Study: Growing for Kane HIA
farmland protection program
Ordinance
new “Growing for Kane” Ordinance in 2013
Location: Kane County, IL Decision level: County Year: 2013 Topic: Policy/Land Use
Case Study: Atlanta Regional Plan 2040
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Location: Atlanta, GA Decision level: Regional Year: 2012 Topic: Plan/Regional
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and core values.
connections between health and planning.
collaboration.
Conclusions
Looking ahead
APA’s HIA and Planning Project
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Big Picture
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH + THE ROLE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS
SARA HAMMERSCHMIDT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS/URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Source: Pew, Health Impact Project
Type Length of Time to Complete Level of Community Engagement Desktop A few weeks None Rapid A few weeks to a couple months Basic Comprehensive Several months to a year or more Extensive
14% 10% 46% 30% HIA Conducted in Respondent's City (N = 145)
Yes, with planner involvement Yes, without planner involvement No Don't know
1 2 3 4 5 6 2006 and earlier 2007-2008 2009-2010 2011-2012 2013 (to date) Don't know
Year HIA with Planning Involvement was First Conducted (N = 21)
“If [health data] were considered in a planning process then I’m not sure the HIA would be pertinent.”
Orlando Interviewee
“Health Impact Assessment was just, in many ways, a tool to get in the door, but our commitment wasn’t to that particular tool. Our commitment was to the integration and collaboration.”
San Francisco Health Department Interviewee
“I see an HIA as taking a look at a design of a plan and evaluating the effects, but in some of our recent work we’re starting with health as one of the inputs.”
Seattle Interviewee
consider health (e.g. data sharing, mapping)
Source: Flickr/East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
Jack London Gateway Senior Housing
Developer: East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC)
Source: Denver Post
Mariposa
Developer: Denver Housing Authority
Claiborne Corridor
Developer: Alembic Community Development
Source: Curbed New Orleans, The New Orleans Advocate
projects and plans
“A Health Impact Assessment by itself is not going to [foster collaboration]. It makes a statement, it creates a point in the process, but I think it’s what we do behind it.” San Francisco Interviewee
Resources
Plan4Health Website
Online Course: Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments
sponsored by CDC
NACCHO’s Health Impact Assessment Resources:
Human Impact Partners’ Tools and Resources:
Health Impact Project: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/health-impact-project