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A Health Impact Assessment Framework for Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Climate Change

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  • Helen Brown

    (School of Public Health, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia)

  • Jeffery Spickett

    (School of Public Health, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia)

  • Dianne Katscherian

    (School of Public Health, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Impact Assessment, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia)

Abstract

This paper presents a detailed description of an approach designed to investigate the application of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) framework to assess the potential health impacts of climate change. A HIA framework has been combined with key climate change terminology and concepts. The fundamental premise of this framework is an understanding of the interactions between people, the environment and climate. The diversity and complexity of these interactions can hinder much needed action on the critical health issue of climate change. The objectives of the framework are to improve the methodology for understanding and assessing the risks associated with potential health impacts of climate change, and to provide decision-makers with information that can facilitate the development of effective adaptation plans. While the process presented here provides guidance with respect to this task it is not intended to be prescriptive. As such, aspects of the process can be amended to suit the scope and available resources of each project. A series of working tables has been developed to assist in the collation of evidence throughout the process. The framework has been tested in a number of locations including Western Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru.

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  • Helen Brown & Jeffery Spickett & Dianne Katscherian, 2014. "A Health Impact Assessment Framework for Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Climate Change," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:11:y:2014:i:12:p:12896-12914:d:43455
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    1. Helen Brown & Jeffery Spickett, 2014. "Health Consequence Scales for Use in Health Impact Assessments of Climate Change," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-14, September.
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    1. Mary Fox & Christopher Zuidema & Bridget Bauman & Thomas Burke & Mary Sheehan, 2019. "Integrating Public Health into Climate Change Policy and Planning: State of Practice Update," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-22, September.
    2. Fei Ma & Fei Liu & Kum Fai Yuen & Polin Lai & Qipeng Sun & Xiaodan Li, 2019. "Cascading Failures and Vulnerability Evolution in Bus–Metro Complex Bilayer Networks under Rainstorm Weather Conditions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-30, January.
    3. Yu Hao & Yujia Li & Zhiyang Shen, 2023. "Does carbon emission trading contribute to reducing infectious diseases? Evidence from China," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(1), pages 74-100, March.
    4. Jeffery Spickett & Dianne Katscherian & Helen Brown & Krassi Rumchev, 2015. "Health Impact Assessment: Improving Its Effectiveness in the Enhancement of Health and Well-Being," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-6, April.
    5. Eleonora Orsetti & Nicola Tollin & Martin Lehmann & Vanessa Agudelo Valderrama & Jordi Morató, 2022. "Building Resilient Cities: Climate Change and Health Interlinkages in the Planning of Public Spaces," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-22, January.

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