Open AccessUpdating the Minimum Elements and Practice Standards for HIA to Reflect Evolution in the Field of Practice
Author(s) -
Sandra Whitehead,
James Dills,
Emily Bever,
Ruth Lindberg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chronicles of health impact assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-5885
DOI - 10.18060/25082
Subject(s) - best practice , health impact assessment , field (mathematics) , political science , good practice , environmental planning , public health , public administration , public relations , engineering ethics , geography , medicine , engineering , nursing , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
The Minimum Elements and Practice Standards for Health Impact Assessment (MEPS) outline the minimum elements that need to be addressed for a study to be considered a health impact assessment (HIA), as well as best practices for how an HIA should be conducted. The document was originally created by a group of leading HIA practitioners in 2009. Since then, it has been updated twice to reflect the evolution of HIA as a practice and the expanded use of HIA as a tool to implement health in all policies. This commentary describes current efforts to revise the MEPS—the first update in six years.