New South Wales HIA Project
The New South Wales Health Impact Assessment Project ran from 2003 to 2009 and was funded and extensively supported by NSW Health. The project sought to build the capacity of NSW Health to use HIA to improve internal planning and decision-making, and as a way to engage external partners on initiatives which influence health outcomes.
More than 20 HIAs were undertaken as part of the NSW HIA Project, it led in more than a dozen publications and two major HIA events.
Key Publications
Formal Project Evaluations
Quigley and Watts. 2008. Independent Evaluation of Phase 3 of the NSW HIA Project, Quigley and Watts Pty Ltd: Wellington. Access Full Report PDF | Access Sumary Report PDF
Harris, E. 2007. NSW Health HIA Capacity Building Program: Mid-term Review. UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales: Sydney. Access PDF
Menzies, T. 2007. Reflections on ways HIA can be made most useful to Local Government in NSW. UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales: Sydney. Access PDF
Project Related Publications
2010
Harris E, Harris-Roxas B. Health in All Policies: A pathway for thinking about our broader societal goals, Public Health Bulletin SA, 7(2): 43-46, 2010. Access Articl
2009
Ampt, M., Harris, P., Wise, M. The Health Impacts of the Design of Hospital Facilities on Patient Recovery and Wellbeing, and Staff Wellbeing: A Review of the Literature. Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation. Part of the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Care and Equity, UNSW, Australia, 2008. Access PDF
Christl, B., Harris, P., Wise M. A review of the evidence of the impact of public transport on population health in Australia. Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, UNSW, Australia, 2009. Access PDF
Harris P, Harris E, Thompson S, Harris-Roxas B, Kemp L. Human Health and Wellbeing in Environmental Impact Assessment in New South Wales, Australia: Auditing health impacts within environmental assessments of major projects, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 29(5); 310-318, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2009.02.002
Jones A, Harris-Roxas B. The Impact of School Retention and Educational Outcomes on the Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Students: A literature review, Sydney: Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation (CHETRE) UNSW, 2009. Access PDF
McDonald, J., Wise, M., Harris, P. The Health Impacts of the Urban Form: A Review of Reviews. Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation. Part of the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Care and Equity, UNSW, Australia, 2008. Access PDF
Wise M, Harris P, Harris-Roxas B, Harris E. The role of health impact assessment in promoting population health and health equity, Australian Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 20(3):172-179, 2009.
2008
Maxwell M, Harris P, Peters S, Thornell M, D'Souza L. A health impact assessment on the construction phase of a major hospital redevelopment. Australia Health Review. 2008; 32 (3): 509-519.
Tarantola D, Byrnes A, Johnson M, Kemp L, Zwi AB, Gruskin S. Human rights, health and human development. Australian Journal of Human Rights, in press.
2007
Harris P, Harris-Roxas B, Harris E, Kemp L. 2007. Health Impact Assesessment: A practical guide. Sydney. Access PDF
Harris P, Harris-Roxas B, Harris E. An overview of the regulatory planning system in New South Wales: identifying points of intervention for health impact assessment and consideration of health impacts. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. September/October; 18(9-10): 188-191. Access PDF
Harris P, Harris-Roxas B, Harris E, Kemp L. Health impact assessment and urbanization: lessons from the NSW HIA project. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. May/June; 18(9-10): 198-201. Access PDF
Harris P, Harris-Roxas B, Kemp L. Health impact assessment in urban settings. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. September/October; 18(9-10): 149-150. Access PDF
Harris-Roxas B, Harris P. Learning by doing: the value of case studies of health impact assessment. NSW Public Health Bulletin. May/June; 18(9-10): 161-163. Access PDF
Hughes J, Kemp L. Building health impact assessment capacity as a lever for public health policy in urban planning. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. May/June; 18(9-10): 192-195. Access PDF
Larsen K. The health impacts of place-based interventions in areas of concentrated disadvantaged: A review of the literature, Sydney: Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation (CHETRE) UNSW, 2007. Access PDF
2006
Harris P, Harris-Roxas B, Harris E, Kemp L. Healthy Urban Planning: Recommendations from the New South Wales Health Impact Assessment Project, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE): Sydney, 2006. Access PDF
2005
Harris E, Sainsbury P, Simpson S, Harris-Roxas B. Addressing the Societal Determinants of Health: Investing in a sustainable health system, a discussion paper prepared for the NSW Health Futures Planning Project. Sydney: CHETRE UNSW; 2005. Access PDF
Harris E. Contemporary Debates in Health Impact Assessment: What? Why? When? NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005; 16(7-8):107-108. Access PDF
Harris E, Sainsbury P, Staff M. Health Impact Assessment in New South Wales. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005; 16(7-8):105-106. Access PDF
Harris-Roxas B, Simpson S, Harris E. Impact Assessment, a discussion paper prepared for the NSW Health Futures Planning Project. Sydney: CHETRE UNSW; 2005. Access PDF
Harris-Roxas B, Simpson S. NSW Health Impact Assessment Project. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005;16(7-8):120-123. Access PDF
Simpson S. An Introduction to Health Impact Assessment. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005;16(7-8):106-107. Access PDF
Simpson S, Mahoney M, Harris E, Aldrich R, Stewart Williams J. Equity-Focused Health Impact Assessment: A tool to assist policy makers in addressing health inequalities. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2005; 25(7-8):799-807.
Simpson S, Harris E, Nutbeam D. Equity in Health: An important issue for a sustainable health system, a discussion paper prepared for the NSW Health Futures Planning Project. Sydney: CHETRE UNSW; 2005. Access PDF
2004
Simpson S, Harris E, Harris-Roxas B. Health Impact Assessment: An introduction to the what, why and how. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 15(2): 162-167, 2004.
2003
Harris E. Health and Equity Profiles: project report, Sydney: CHETRE UNSW; 2003. Access PDF
Simpson S, Harris E. New South Wales Health Impact Assessment Project: Phase 1 report, Sydney: CHETRE UNSW; 2003. Access PDF
A full list of publications is available on the publications page
NB: These publications broadly relate to the NSW HIA Project and HIA in NSW but may not have all been funded or carried out under the project's auspices.
Key Events
- HIA2007 First Asia Pacific Health Impact Assessment Conference
- Health Impact Assessment Colloquium 2005
A full list of events is available on the events page.
Examples of Health Impact Assessments Conducted
- Coffs Harbour Our Living City Settlement Strategy HIA
- Oran Park and Turner Road Land Release HIA
- Good for Kids, Good for Life Aboriginal Childhood Obesity Prevention Strategy EFHIA
- Rapid EFHIA of the Australian Better Health Initiative (NSW)
- Lithgow 25 Year Strategic Plan HIA
- Opening Doors and Breaking Down Barriers to Ongoing Indigenous Education in Broken Hill SHWIA
- HIA on an Agricultural Extension Program in Southern NSW
- EF HIA of Goodooga of Health Service
- HIA of the NCAHS Indigenous Environmental Health Workers Proposal
- Lower Hunter Regional Strategy HSIA
- Population Plan for Bungendore HIA
- Growth in Greater Western Sydney HIA
- Health Home Visiting in NSCCAHS HIA
- Greater Granville Regeneration Scheme HIA
- Wollongong Foreshore Precinct Plan HIA
- Health Service Planning in GSAHS HIA
- Liverpool Hospital Capital Works HIA
- Non-Emergency Health Related Transport Policy HIA
- Slow Stream Rehabilitation HIA
- Shellharbour Foreshore Development HIA
- Health Promotion Future Directions HIA
- Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention Social Marketing Campaign HIA
A full list of HIAs conducted and links to reports is available on the completed HIAs page.
The NSW Context
The NSW Health and Equity Statement recommended that processes should be developed for undertaking rapid health impact appraisals and comprehensive health impact assessment. These form a set of strategies to ensure that proposed government policies, programs and projects improve health and address health inequalities.
