Using Health Impact Assessment as an Interdisciplinary Teaching Tool
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) courses are teaching public health and urban planning students how to assess the likely health effects of proposed policies, plans, and projects. We suggest that public health and urban planning have complimentary frameworks for training practitioners to address the li...
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| author | Chinchilla, Melissa Yvonne Arcaya, Mariana Clair |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning |
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| description | Health Impact Assessment (HIA) courses are teaching public health and urban planning students how to assess the likely health effects of proposed policies, plans, and projects. We suggest that public health and urban planning have complimentary frameworks for training practitioners to address the living conditions that affect health. Planning perspectives emphasize practical skills for impacting community change, while public health stresses professional purpose and ethics. Frameworks from both disciplines can enhance the HIA learning experience by helping students tackle questions related to community impact, engagement, social justice, and ethics. We also propose that HIA community engagement processes can be enriched through an empathetic practice that focuses on greater personal introspection. View Full-Text
Keywords: health impact assessment; social determinants of health; public health; urban planning |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1140212022-09-29T15:33:16Z Using Health Impact Assessment as an Interdisciplinary Teaching Tool Chinchilla, Melissa Yvonne Arcaya, Mariana Clair Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Chinchilla, Melissa Yvonne Arcaya, Mariana Clair Health Impact Assessment (HIA) courses are teaching public health and urban planning students how to assess the likely health effects of proposed policies, plans, and projects. We suggest that public health and urban planning have complimentary frameworks for training practitioners to address the living conditions that affect health. Planning perspectives emphasize practical skills for impacting community change, while public health stresses professional purpose and ethics. Frameworks from both disciplines can enhance the HIA learning experience by helping students tackle questions related to community impact, engagement, social justice, and ethics. We also propose that HIA community engagement processes can be enriched through an empathetic practice that focuses on greater personal introspection. View Full-Text Keywords: health impact assessment; social determinants of health; public health; urban planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries (Open Access Article Publication Subvention Fund) 2018-03-02T23:03:02Z 2018-03-02T23:03:02Z 2017-07 2017-06 2018-02-23T14:42:22Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114021 Melissa Chinchilla, and Mariana Arcaya. “Using Health Impact Assessment as an Interdisciplinary Teaching Tool.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 14, no. 12, July 2017, p. 744. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8607-1712 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-0249 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070744 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf MDPI AG MDPI |
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