Criteria for use in the evaluation of health impact assessments
Criteria for use in the evaluation of health impact assessments
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DOI：
10.1016/j.puhe.2005.05.002
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2005-12-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Kemm, JR
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作者：
Parry, JM;Kemm, JR
本文报告了最近一次研讨会的结论，该研讨会的目的是讨论如何评价健康影响评估（HIA）。健康影响评估的主要目的是：（a）预测不同决定的后果;（B）让利益攸关方参与，使决策过程更加公开;（c）向决策者提供信息。因此，“预测”、“参与”和“向决策者提供信息”是HIA评估的三个领域。在“预测”领域，过程标准审查所使用的方法，以确定它们是否可能产生可靠的预测。结果标准涉及验证预测，但这通常是不切实际的，并且对反事实（未选择的选项）的预测永远无法验证。在“参与”领域，过程标准审查利益攸关方参与的方式，而结果标准则探讨利益攸关方感到被纳入的程度。在“向决策者提供信息”领域，过程标准涉及决策者与进行健康影响评估的人之间的沟通，并应反映出健康影响评估内容与决策者议程的相关性。结果标准探讨的程度，决策者认为，他们已被告知的HIA。本文的结论与建议的信息类型，应包括在HIA的报告，以允许读者作出评估的“质量”的HIA使用上述三个领域的标准。(c)2005年，皇家公共卫生研究所。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
This paper reports the conclusions of a recent workshop that was established to discuss how health impact assessments (HIAs) might be evaluated. The main purposes of HIA are: (a) to predict the consequences of different decisions; (b) to make the decision-making process more open by involving stakeholders; and (c) to inform the decision makers. 'Prediction', 'participation' and 'informing decision makers' are thus the three domains in which HIA should be evaluated.In the 'prediction' domain, process criteria scrutinize the methods used to see if it is likely that they would produce reliable predictions. Outcome criteria involve verifying the predictions, but this is frequently impractical and predictions for the counter factual (the option not chosen) can never be verified. In the 'participation' domain, process criteria examine the ways in which stakeholders were involved, while outcome criteria explore the degree to which the stakeholders felt included. In the 'informing decision makers' domain, process criteria are concerned with the communication between decision makers and those doing the HIA, and should reflect upon the relevance of the HIA content to the decision makers' agenda. Outcome criteria explore the degree to which the decision makers considered that they had been informed by the HIA.This paper concludes with suggestions for the types of information that should be included in HIA reports in order to permit the readers to make an assessment of the 'quality' of the HIA using the three domain criteria outlined above. (c) 2005 The Royal Institute of Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.