Table 5. Impact Evaluations of Selected Individual Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in Various Countries, 2004–2013.

Author and Year of Publication	Name and Location of HIA	Sector	Example of HIA Recommendation Adopted in Final Project or Plan	Selected Feature, Finding, or Impact
Mindell et al, 2004 (23)	London’s draft transport strategy HIA, United Kingdom	Transportation	Giving priority to infrastructure and services that benefit London’s economically deprived communities	Achieved policy changes and raised awareness of health issues among policy makers
Mathias and Harris-Roxas, 2009 (24)	Christchurch Urban Development Strategy HIA, New Zealand	Land use	17 actions (not specified) in final strategy addressed HIA recommendations	Included process and impact evaluation; strong cross-sector relationships contributed to HIA success
Quigley and Watts, Ltd, 2010 (25)	Evaluation of the Whānau Ora HIA of the Draft Wairarapa Alcohol Strategy, New Zealand	Alcohol policy	HIA recommendations led to revisions of draft strategy	Public health team conducting HIA increased its knowledge and skills with HIA
Clark County, 2011 (26)	Clark County Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan HIA, Clark County, Washington	Transportation	Health and equity incorporated as project selection criteria	Of 11 HIA recommendations, 8 were fully adopted and 3 partially adopted
Harris-Roxas et al, 2011 (27)	Equity-focused HIA on health promotion policy implementation plan, New South Wales, Australia	Health promotion policy	Change in resource allocation split between rural and urban services	Focused on equity aspects of a health-sector plan
Ross et al, 2012 (28)	Atlanta BeltLine transit, parks, and redevelopment project HIA, Atlanta, Georgia	Land use and transportation	Public health professional added to project advisory board	Explicitly tied findings to recommendations and to subsequent impacts
O’Mullane and Quinlivan, 2012 (29)	Four policy HIAs on transport, housing, community development, air quality plan, Ireland	Multiple sectors	Transport HIA “was used to plan further health promotion and community planning activities”	Found local government can be an enabler or barrier to success of HIA
Canterbury District Health Board, 2013 (30)	Evaluation of the HIA of the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy, New Zealand	Transportation	Committing future funding to policies supporting active transport and public transport	Noted that HIA report recommendations did not include effective monitoring for health issues