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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781512103321

Titolo

Improving health in the United States [[electronic resource] ] : the role of health impact assessment / / National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

0-309-21886-1

1-283-37637-7

9786613376374

0-309-21884-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

362.10973

Soggetti

Public health - United States

Medical care - United States

Health risk assessment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on Health Impact Assessment, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Why We Need Health-Informed Policies and Decision-Making""; ""3 Elements of a Health Impact Assessment""; ""4 Current Issues and Challenges in the Development and Practice of Health Impact Assessment""; ""5 Structures and Policies for Promoting Health Impact Assessment""; ""Appendix A: Experiences with Health Impact Assessment""; ""Appendix B: Biographic Information on the Committee on Health Impact Assessment""

""Appendix C: Statement of Task of the Committee on Health Impact Assessment""""Appendix D: Glossary""; ""Appendix E: Summary of Health Impact Assessment Guides""; ""Appendix F: Analysis of Health Effects under the National Environmental Policy Act""