1. Bungendore health impact assessment: urban development in a rural setting.
- Author
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Gow AJ and Dubois LG
- Subjects
- Humans, New South Wales, Rural Health Services, Technology Assessment, Biomedical methods, Health Status, Organizational Case Studies, Program Evaluation, Rural Population, Technology Assessment, Biomedical organization & administration, Urban Health, Urban Renewal
- Abstract
As the majority of the determinants of health are controlled outside the health system, the challenge for promoting health is to find a way of influencing these determinants. Health impact assessment was used in Bungendore, NSW, in an attempt to influence decisions relating to scenarios for urban development. Twelve months after the project was completed, interim evaluation has revealed evidence that the health impact assessment has had a positive effect on preliminary land-use planning work.
- Published
- 2007
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