Health Impact Assessment

Order #FO224B9E6045Pages: 5CPP: 200Deadline: 10:00PMAPAInstructions:Health Impact AssessmentYour final project will involve an orientation to Health Impact Assessment, a valuable tool to help public health officials, and the communities they serve, create healthier living environments.Your product will have two parts:Part I. A "Getting Started Primer" and Part II. HIA ReportThe assignment will include presentation of a scenario involving a proposed land use project or plan. Your work will involve drafting steps to get the process started and assessing the positive or negative impacts of the proposed land use project on health of the community. The proposed project might involve an urban development project, constructing a manufacturing plant, converting farmland to condominiums in the outskirts of a city, or some other modification of the environment.The assignment will involve your taking the role of the top public health official in the community where the project will take place.Part I. You will need to identify and consider the significant perspectives of people who have a stake in the land use project, such as developers, city planners, elected officials, community residents, as well as your perspective as the top public health official. You will craft a brief, but specific, strategy for approaching each