The Merseyside Guidelines for Health Impact Assessment
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> Scott-Samuel, A., Birley, M., Ardern, K.
> International Health Impact Assessment Consortium
> IMPACT - Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, UK
> ISBN 1 874038 56 2 - Second Edition, May, 2001
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> Available online as PDF file [22p.] at: <
http://www.ihia.org.uk/document/merseyguide3.pdf>
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> :........These Guidelines describe one approach to the prospective assessment
of the health impact of public policy, both centrally and locally.
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> For the purposes of these Guidelines, the following definitions apply: Health
impact a change in health status (or in the determinants of health status) of an
individual or group attributable to a project, programme or policy. Health
determinant a factor known to have the potential to cause changes in health
status......"
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