RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Quantitative health impact assessment: taking stock and moving forward
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1088
OP 1091
DO 10.1136/jech-2011-200835
VO 66
IS 12
A1 Fehr, Rainer
A1 Hurley, Fintan
A1 Mekel, Odile Cecile
A1 Mackenbach, Johan P
YR 2012
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/66/12/1088.abstract
AB Over the past years, application of health impact assessment has increased substantially, and there has been a strong growth of tools that allow quantification of health impacts for a range of health relevant policies. We review these developments, and conclude that further tool development is no longer a main priority, although several aspects need to be further developed, such as methods to assess impacts on health inequalities and to assess uncertainties. The main new challenges are, first, to conduct a comparative evaluation of different tools, and, second, to ensure the maintenance and continued availability of the toolkits including their data contents.