Rapid Health Impact Assessment: A Tool for Developing the Healthy Public Policy
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Rapid changes in social and environmental situations, epidemics, and war have had an impact on public policy, a governmental output that may have both positive and negative impacts on public health. Rapid health impact assessment (Rapid HIA) emerges as a versatile type of health impact assessment and a valuable tool for developing healthy public policies. This article presents the characteristics of developing such policies with rapid health impact assessment, in line with the principles of health promotion, public policy model, and rapid health impact assessment principles. The Rapid HIA implementations, detailed in accordance with the steps of HIA, showcase their adaptability to impact characteristics despite limited time and resources. As a result, these operations are applied by modifying or combining some HIA steps and utilizing rapid evaluation methods. The rapid HIA findings are instrumental in the development of public policy proposals that are not only timely but also well-suited for policymakers in their decision-making processes.
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