Planning for Healthy Places with

Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments

Module 5: Assessment
Section 2: Data Analysis
Data Analysis Exercise

Question 2 (continue)
What are the determinants of health that the policy might affect? Now look through some of the determinants listed below. Select all those responses that you think are most pertinent if an HIA were done for this scenario.

Air Quality

Level of incinerator contaminants /pollutants in outdoor air
- In neighborhoods
- In schools
- For workers
Level of incinerator contaminants /pollutants in indoor air
- In neighborhoods
- In schools
- For workers
Exposure to other incinerator pollutants

Water Quality

Level of incinerator contaminants in the drinking water supply
Level on incinerator contaminants in recreational water supply

Noise

Level of incinerator noise
Level of noise in neighborhoods from additional vehicular traffic
Level of noise during incinerator construction

Employment/Business

Jobs/employment
Job Hazards
Locally owned businesses

Quality of Life

o Aesthetics of neighborhood

Property values

Housing

Housing quality

Housing affordability

Transportation

Bicycle/Pedestrian infrastructure
Public transportation access
Transportation corridor development

Education

Quality of schools
Capacity of schools

Environmental Justice

Proportion of the population living in relative poverty
Segregation of residences by race, ethnicity, religion, or class
Degree of inequalities in healthy, income, or wealth among residents near the incinerator site

This is not an exclusive list of determinants. Are there any others that should be added to the list?