Canadian round table on health impact assessment (HIA) : Table ronde canadienne portant sur l'évaluation d'impact sur la santé (ÉIS)

They can be classified in three major categories: methodological issues and the ability to reliably predict potential policy INSPQ –. NCCHPP 5 Canadian Round Table on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Report impacts on the determinants of health; the demonstration of the value-added features of this practice, both for the health of the population and for the policy development process; and the poten [...] The weak legitimacy of the health sector in EIA, a vague definition of health in the federal environmental protection law (CEPA) and the observed tendency for a vision of health restricted to physical aspects led the participants to conclude that Canada has more notoriety in this sector outside the country than within it. [...] Changes in government structures and the departure of HIA promoters led to the loss of this leadership, and today, while the social dimensions of health are sometimes integrated into EIAs at the federal and provincial levels, this is more the exception than the rule. [...] INSPQ –. NCCHPP 8 Canadian Round Table on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Report This way, according to observers of the field, over the years and with the consolidation of regulatory mechanisms that govern the launching and application of EIA, the practice tends to stray from the original ideal – the preservation of the physical environment – becoming instead a technocratic mechanism. [...] Close proximity between the decision makers allows both a good understanding of the various dimensions of the decision and provides a level of public health information appropriate to the context and the nature of the project at the right moment, thus maximizing the potential for influence.