Organized by the Global Working Group on Health Impact Assessment
Moderator: Dr Thierno Diallo
Speakers: Liz Green, Dr Margaret Douglas, Associate Professor Fiona Haigh
While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us, we have seen the risks and consequences disproportionately felt by certain population groups, especially those living in situations of vulnerability and marginalisation. Policies, practices, and interventions implemented to reduce the spread of, and harms to physical health from the COVID-19 virus will also have on-going consequences for the health and wellbeing of populations well beyond the current crisis. There is already evidence that pre-existing inequities have been reinforced and enhanced by responses to the pandemic – and that new inequities in health may arise. Policy responses need to anticipate, prevent, and mitigate these wider consequences, as well as reducing the direct morbidity and mortality arising from the virus.
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a structured, flexible, evidence-based and solution-focused process to predict the potential future health consequences of policy, plans, projects, or programs across population groups and identify actions to maximise the positive and minimise the negative health impacts. During the COVID-19 pandemic HIA has been used in several countries to identify the wider impacts of COVID-19 pandemic responses. In this seminar we will compare and contrast three international COVID-19 focussed HIA examples from Scotland, Wales and Australia. We will draw on these experiences to consider how HIA can support a ‘Health in All Policies’ approach and improve the impacts of policy responses for health and equity.
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