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Methods and Tools

World Health Organization links to HIA guides

European Centre for Health Policy, WHO Regional Office for Europe. Gothenburg Consensus Paper (1999). (exit DHS, PDF, 138 KB)

North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group

• Minimum Practice Standards, 2010 Update, version 2 (PDF, 3 MB)

Human Impact Partners

• HIA Readiness Questions (PDF, 149 KB)
• HIA Screening Worksheet (PDF, 75 KB)
• HIA Scoping Worksheet (PDF, 91 KB)

Health Impact Assessment Tools - San Francisco Program on Health Equity and Sustainability

Active Living Research Tools and Measures

Healthy Development Measurement Tool (indicators)

University of Kansas Community Toolbox

Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index

University of Wisconsin Participatory Photo Mapping

University of Wisconsin Survey Center

Wisconsin Safe Routes to School (surveys, toolkit)

Focus Group Fundamentals (Iowa Extension) (PDF, 472 KB)

Design for Health

CDC's Designing and Building Healthy Places

U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Neighborhood Development

Smart Communities Network

• Green Development Tools
• Sustainable Transportation Tools
• Land Use Planning Tools

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Local Governments for Sustainability - Sustainability Planning Toolkit (PDF, 77 KB)

Traffic Calming (Federal Highway Administration)

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Last Revised:  August 17, 2012