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The impact and effectiveness of equity focused health impact assessment in health service planning
Full text linkThis ebook looks at the use of equity focused health impact assessment (EFHIA) on health service plans. It examines:
What are the direct and indirect impacts of EFHIAs conducted on health sector plans?
Does EFHIA improve the consideration of equity in the development and implementation of health sector plans?
How does EFHIA improve the consideration of equity in health planning?
This ebook describes the use and evolution of health impact assessment (HIA) and EFHIA internationally and in Australia, how it has been used in relation to health service plans, examines its effectiveness and impacts on decision-making and implementation and examines several EFHIAs using case study and interpretive description methodologies.
This research shows that EFHIA has the potential to have both direct and indirect impacts on health service planning. These impacts are influenced by a broad range of factors however. The case studies in this ebook show that engagement with the EFHIA process and the extent to which EFHIA is regarded as a broader learning process are important factors that mediate the extent to which EFHIAs influence subsequent activities.
This research suggests that it is not possible to adequately describe the full range of impacts of EFHIA on decision-making and implementation without looking at perceptions about EFHIA’s effectiveness, in particular the perceptions of those involved in the EFHIA and those responsible for acting on its recommendations. These perceptions change over time, suggesting that future research on the effectiveness of HIA should look at the mechanisms by which this change occurs.
The ebook makes two theoretical contributions in the form of (i) a typology for HIAs and (ii) a conceptual framework for evaluating the impact and effectiveness of HIAs. This conceptual framework is tested for its applicability and refined.
The ebook and the accompanying publications were written to fulfil the requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health at the University of New South Wales
“Rich people get lots of it. Poor people don’t get any of it!” Fifty years of tackling the Inverse Care Law [Invited Keynote]
Full text linkJim Harris, Mrs. Ben Harris, Butch Harris, and Ben Harris
No full textPhotograph of Jim Harris, Mrs. Ben Harris, Butch Harris, and Ben Harris, Sulphur, OK, July 21, 1972
Reducing green tape or rolling back IA in Australia: what are four jurisdiction up to?
Full text linkProposed changes to the EU directive on EIA released in October 2012 contain ten changes to the Articles of the Directive, with six of these referring to either 'streamlining' EIA or introducing specific timeframes for parts of the EIA process (European Commission 2012). This scrutiny has not been restricted to economies in recession, but includes those that have avoided recession because of strong resources sectors.
The same appears to be happening in Australia, and this paper reports on these and other possible 'efficiency' changes to EIA in Australia at both national and sub-national levels. We attempt to critically examine the nature of such changes and the risks that may be associated with their implementation. Changes to three of the sub-national EIA processes are reviewed in detail, as well as the proposed changes to the national EIA process.
There is always room for more timely assessments, but a critical examination of the potential consequences of these "reforms" on the conduct of EIAs is needed, including whether these efficiency changes will deliver sound environmental management and sustainability-oriented decision-making.Garry Middle, Beverly Clarke, Daniel Franks, Lex Brown, Jon Kellett, Stewart Lockie, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope, John Glasson, Elizabeth Harris, Ben Harris-Roxa
Smoking and epidemics of respiratory infections
Full text linkSitas, F., Harris-Roxas, B., Bradshaw, D., & Lopez, A. D. (2020). S. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, online first (ID: BLT.20.273052)
Locational Disadvantage: Program Logic
Full text linkThis document sets out the program logic for the Locational Disadvantage program. It describes how it was developed, identifies the three streams of work and the activities to be conducted within those streams, and the short and long term outcomes
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harris
No full textPhotograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harris, Sulphur, OK, July 21, 1972
Understanding hotspots of health disadvantage: Challenges and opportunities [Workshop]
No full textHealth needs and health inequalities are not evenly geographically distributed. In order to address this health services and systems have to identify areas of greatest need, so they can respond proportionately and target prevention activities.
Broader changes such as migration, gentrification and social housing reforms mean that the distribution of health needs is also rapidly changing. Historical pockets of locational disadvantage may no longer be the areas that services should focus on. Without an accurate understanding of social needs, the preventable use of clinical services, and the decision-making context at local levels, investment may be mis-targeted.
This workshop will provide a brief overview of approaches to identifying hotspots of health disadvantage, based on case studies that:
profile locational health disadvantage at the suburb level
analyse potentially preventable hospitalisation data
describe experiences in identifying and tackling local needs from the Healthy Cities movement.
The workshop will focus on (i) establishing shared challenges to identifying hotspots, and (ii) identifying opportunities and potential solutions for health services and systems
Ben Harris, Professor of Psychology and Histrory travels to the Netherlands
Full text linkProfessor Harris traveled to The Netherlands in August. While there he met with faculty members and administrators at Utrecht University to discuss ways to facilitate student and faculty exchanges between that university and UNH. He also participated in the annual meeting of the European Society for the History of Human Science (ESHHS)
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