Table 1.
Australian Health Impact Assessments 2005–2009 (refer to HIA Blog for copies of reports45).
| Year | State | Name of HIA | Description | Capacity building project | Policy, Plan, Programme, Project | Depth | Topic | Impacts Assessed | Stakeholders involved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | QLD | EFHIA of alternative patterns of development of the Whitsunday Hinterland and Mackay Regional Report | Area plan to influence land-use planning | No | Plan-options | Rapid | Land use | Safety, injury, crime, physical activity, physical access, social cohesion | Local government, health service, state planning agency |
| 2009 | NSW | EFHIA of the review of Goodooga Health Service | Health service implementation plan to reduce services in a small rural community | No | Plan-options | Intermediate | Health service | Access to health services – emergency medical services, visiting health services, staffing and facilities, service models | Local community, health service, university |
| 2008 | SA | EFHIA South Australian Australian Better Health Initiative School and community Initiatives | Implementation of a State-wide school and community initiative | No | Program | Intermediate | Health service | Service delivery and access, healthy weight and obesity, early child development | Health service, university, other agencies in an advisory role |
| 2008 | QLD | HIA Flinders Street Redevelopment Project | Program to look at redevelopment of a CBD main street | No | Project | Rapid | Land use | Safety, security, community Identity, social participation, walkability and urban form, environmental sustainability | Local government, health service |
| 2008 | NSW | Good for Kids good for life EFHIA | Implementation of a State-wide school and community initiative | Yes | Program | Rapid | Health service | Service delivery and access, childhood obesity, nutrition, physical activity | Health service, Aboriginal community controlled organisations, education department |
| 2008 | NSW | HIA Lithgow City Council Strategic Plan | Plan to implement land-use strategic plan from local government | No | Plan-options | Intermediate | Land use | Urban form, walkability, food access, social participation, waste and contamination | Local government, health service |
| 2008 | VIC | Leopold Strategic Footpath Network HIA | Plan to implement a strategic footpath network in CBD | No | Project | Intermediate | Land use | Accessibility, active transport, urban form and the built environment, obesity, physical activity, walkability | Local government, university, health service |
| 2008 | NSW | Oran Park and Turner Road HIA | Land-use plan aimed for an area | No | Plan-options | Intermediate | Land use | Active transport, social connectivity, physical activity, injury, food access. | Local government, health service, state planning authority |
| 2008 | VIC | A matter of equity – Case Study Frankston City Council | Land-use plan aimed for an area | No | Program | Rapid | Food | Food access and quality | Local government, university |
| 2008 | VIC | SHIA of Dandenong High School Doveton Campus Closure | Plan to close a school and amalgation of students into other area schools | No | Project | Intermediate | Education | Service delivery, social participation, | Education department, an interagency neighbourhood renewal group, local government, university, health service |
| 2008 | NSW | SIA Potts Hill | Plan to redevelop an area | Yes | Plan-options | Rapid | Land use | Employment, community infrastructure, open space and recreation, housing, transport, safety, communication | Land use statutory authority, local government, private sector, other agencies in advisory capacity |
| 2008 | WA | Health Impacts of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for WA | Plan of scenarios and state-wide strategies to adapt to climate change | No | Plan-options | Intermediate | Climate change | Extreme events, temperature, water quality, water-borne disease, vector-borne disease, air quality, food-borne disease, nutrition, lifestyle | State health department, planning department, university, other agencies in advisory roles |
| 2007 | VIC | HIA Hobson Bay Urban Greywater Diversion Project | Land-use plan for an area | No | Plan-options | Rapid | Water | Water quality, water-borne disease, vector-borne disease, contamination, stigma, green space, chemical exposure | Local government |
| 2007 | NSW | HIA Coffs Harbour Our Living City Settlement Strategy | Land-use plan for an area | No | Plan-options | Intermediate | Land use | Walkability, urban form, safety, crime, physical activity and cycling, public transport, community involvement | Local government, health service |
| 2007 | NSW | Greater Western Sydney Urban Development HIA | Land-use plan for a regional area | Yes | Policy | Intermediate | Land use | Transport, urban form, green space, economic activity, social services and infrastructure, air quality, regional climate, physical activity, food access, employment, accident and injury, access to services, social connectedness | Regional organisation of local government councils, local government, health service, university, planning department, other agencies in advisory capacity |
| 2007 | NSW | HIA of Redevelopment of Liverpool Hospital | Project to redevelop a hospital | Yes | Project | Intermediate | Health service | Service delivery, asbestos exposure, accessibility, injury, safety, building design, urban form | Health service |
| 2007 | WA | HIA of Landfill Site and Housing Development in Mundijong WA | Plan to introduce a landfill site and housing development | No | Plan-options | Intermediate | Land use | Exposure to toxins, air quality, noise, fire risk, odour, dust, vector bourne disease | Local government, state planning agencies, university |
| 2007 | NSW | HIA of Carpark Waste Encapsulation remediation | Plan to implement waste remediation for a car park | Yes | Plan-options | Rapid | Waste Management | Exposure to health hazards and toxins, site contamination | Local government, private sector, state planning authorities |
| 2007 | QLD | SIA of Gatton Correctional facility | Plan to implement a correctional facility | Yes | Plan-options | Comprehensive | Institution | Workforce and employment, safety/security, visitors, release/parole arrangements, prisoner health services, community interaction | Department of communities, local government, state planning department, |
| 2007 | NSW | HIA on Rural Health Service Redesign Proposal | Plan to redesign a rural health service | Yes | Plan-options | Comprehensive | Health service | Service delivery, service quality, access and availability, workforce, costs | Health service, local government, local community |
| 2007 | NSW | Bonnyrigg Living Communities SIA | Land-use and regeneration for an area | No | Project | Comprehensive | Housing | Safety, social integration, community capacity and wellbeing, amenity and access, housing | State housing department, local government, health service, Premier's Council for Active Living |
| 2006 | NSW | HIA of Greater Granville Regeneration Strategy | Land-use and regeneration for an area | Yes | Plan-options | Rapid | Land use | Transport, traffic, safety and injury, business and economic activity, community services, urban form, green space, housing | Local government, state housing department, health service, other agencies in advisory capacity |
| 2006 | NSW | HIA of Indigenous Environmental Health Workers | Plan to introduce an Indigenous Environmental Health Worker | Yes | Plan-options | Intermediate | Environmental health service | Service delivery, workforce, employment, training, community ownership and self-determination | Health service, local government, Aboriginal community controlled organisations |
| 2006 | NSW | Rapid Equity Focused HIA of the Australian Better Health Initiative: Assessing the NSW components of priorities 1 and 3 | Health program to be implemented across a state | No | Program | Intermediate | Health service | Urban form, service delivery, early child development, physical activity, nutrition, information services | State health department, university, other agencies in advisory capacity |
| 2006 | NSW | Wollongong Foreshore Precinct Plan | Land-use plan for an area | Yes | Plan-options | Desktop | Land use | Urban form, injury, sun protection, safety and crime, physical activity, nutrition and access to food, social participation | Local government, health service, university |
| 2006 | NSW | Bungendore HIA: urban development in a rural setting | Land-use plan for an area | Yes | Plan-options | Rapid | Land use | Physical activity, water for domestic, recreational and industrial uses, social cohesion (“neighbourliness”) | Local government, health service, other agencies in advisory capacity |
| 2006 | NSW | SIA of Lower Hunter Regional Strategy | Land-use plan for a regional area | Yes | Plan-options | Intermediate | Land use | Social infrastructure, service delivery, urban renewal, mixed land use, employment, transport | Health service, state planning department, a regional coordinating group of state agencies |
| 2006 | VIC | HIA in the East Gippsland Shire Council 5 year arts and culture strategic plan | Art and cultural program implemented for local government | Yes | Program | Desktop | Community Service | Service delivery, community participation, social inclusion, mental health | Local government, university |
| 2006 | VIC | HIA in the East Gippsland Shire Council Kerbside waste collection strategy | Plan to implement a waste management plan | Yes | Program | Rapid | Waste Management | Waste management, mental health, contamination, cost and savings, environmental sustainability | Local government, university |
| 2006 | NSW | HIA on an Integrated disease prevention campaign | Plan to implement an integrated disease prevention campaign | Yes | Plan-options | Rapid | Health service | Service delivery, behaviour change, social marketing | State health department, other agencies in advisory capacity |
| 2005 | QLD | HSIA of South East Queensland Regional Plan | Prospective population state-wide strategies | No | Plan-options | Comprehensive | Land use | Urban form, transport, social infrastructure, lifestyle and behaviour, green space | State health department, state planning department, other agencies in advisory capacity |