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0261/2017 - Health Impact Assessment (HIA): analyzes and challenges for Health Surveillance in Brazil.
Avaliação de Impactos à Saúde (AIS): análises e desafios para a Vigilância em Saúde do Brasil.

Author:

• Missifany Silveira - Silveira, M. - Brasilia, DF - <fanysil@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Andre Luiz Dutra Fenner - Fenner, ALD - <fenner@fiocruz.br >


Abstract:

The aim of this is to discuss the Health Impact Assessment (HIA), pointing out the main initiatives of the health sector, challenges and perspectives for its application in Brazil. HIA is a methodology recommended by the WHO, which is widely used in several countries, but with few initiatives in Brazil. In Brazil, issues relating to health in the context of large projects are commonly conducted punctually within the environmental licensing process. It is important to remember that a key aspect of this methodology is its integrated approach, with the involvement of social actors in the territory since the beginning of the project. It is a research of an analytical and exploratory nature. In order to do so, a systematic review on the subject was carried out, as well as a survey of government documents of the main initiatives already carried out by the Ministry of Health, in the scope of Environmental Health Surveillance, especially in environmental licensing processes of large projects. It sought to analyze the main conceptual frameworks, pointing out possibilities for its application in Brazil, as well as new perspectives for health surveillance in this area, allowing the health variable to be evaluated during different interventions of a policy, program or project.

Keywords:

Health Impact Assessment, environmental licensing, large projects, social determinants.

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Silveira, M., Fenner, ALD. Health Impact Assessment (HIA): analyzes and challenges for Health Surveillance in Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Jul). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/health-impact-assessment-hia-analyzes-and-challenges-for-health-surveillance-in-brazil/16313?id=16313



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