1. Health Impact Assessment in Transport: an experience of a practitioner for the first time and what could help 1

2. Health in Jacobs Project LevelStrategic level 2

3.  How I got involved in doing Health Impact Assessments (HIAs)  A typical day of doing HIAs  Challenges faced  What helped and what could be improved 3

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5. Prior to Jacobs 5

6.  Health assessment report is usually part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report  HIA is a growing field 6

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8. Methodology Geographic area Communities Health indicators Impact assessment Revised legislation 8

9.  Which HIA methodology?  No standard method of conducting HIAs especially within an EIA. 9

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14. HIA versus EIA 14

15.  Includes consideration of health impacts  Reports to be prepared by competent experts 15

16.  Utilising best practice guidelines and case studies  Utilising Government policies and plans  Stakeholder consultations 16

17. A. The revised EU EIA directive: Better integration of HIA into EIA in terms of process and reporting 17

18. B. The revised EU directive: Clarity on accreditation and definition of competency 18

19. C. Engagement and acknowledgement Health assessments should be acknowledged better through improved tools, policies & procedures 19

20. (An effective HIA) (Protection for communities affected by transport developments) Tools Acknowledgement by agencies Competency 20