Equity Focused Health Impact Assessment

1. Choose one policy to write.

1- Increasing retirement age in Australia

2- exclusion of children without full vaccination from public schools

3- tobacco plain packaging enforcement policy

Screening

Components:

• Introduction
• Policy context, content
• Target population
• Health impacts
• Equity dimension
• Links between equity,

health impacts &

policy/prg

• Core Questions
• Stakeholders
• Opportunities for change

& Justification

Scoping

Components of ‘WHAT’:

• Establishing terms of reference (core values)
• Clear equity dimension in line with aim of HIA
• Proposing causal pathways for potential health impacts –link to target population

Components of ‘WHO’:

• Steering committee

Components of ‘HOW’:

• Project plan
• Methods for information

Collection

Impact identification

Components of detailed policy /prog analysis:

• Profiling target

population

• Focus on SES and SEP 

Equity dimension

• Evidence on impact of

policy/ program

• Stakeholder consultation
• Summary of findings

Impact assessment

Components:

• Synthesize evidence collected during Step 3
• Map/ critically assess the evidence in a structured and clear format
• Core questions
• Make judgements about

implications of evidence from an equity perspective

• Prioritize the impacts
• Define scope for

Recommendation

Components:

• At least ONE recommendation for each identified health impact, AND for each target population group
• Solution focused suggestions, aiming to reduce the potential for inequality identified throughout the HIA
• Practical and Prioritized according to Step 4
• Proper evidence (with references) to support the recommendations

Word limit 3600

APA reference style