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7.What is impact assessment?  
 
7.What is impact assessment?  
:My answer: Health Impact Assessment is a combination of procedures, methods and tools for judging the potential health effects of a policy, program or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups(World Health Organization 1999, http://www.who.int/hia/en/.  The purpose of Health impact assessment is to inform decision makers about the potential health effects of a policy, program or project, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged population groups, and to provide recommendations for maximizing the proposal’s positive and minimizing the negative health effects. It also aims at addressing inequalities in the potential health impacts and to promote joined-up working and participation.
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:My answer: Health Impact Assessment is a combination of procedures, methods and tools for judging the potential health effects of a policy, program or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups(World Health Organization 1999, http://www.who.int/hia/en/.  The purpose of Health impact assessment is to inform decision makers about the potential health effects of a policy, program or project, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged population groups, and to provide recommendations for maximizing the proposal’s positive and minimizing the negative health effects. It also aims at addressing inequalities in the potential health impacts and to promote joined-up working and participation. {{comment|# |Yes, this is how WHO defines HEALTH impact assessment. More generally, impact assessment considers and estimates all kinds of impacts, and the problem at hand then determines which impacts, e.g. health, environment, economic, are of interest.|--[[User:Mikko Pohjola|Mikko Pohjola]] 10:22, 28 January 2013 (EET)}}
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{{defend|# |Good answers.|--[[User:Mikko Pohjola|Mikko Pohjola]] 10:22, 28 January 2013 (EET)}}
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{{attack|# |Where are all other homework answers? If they are on someone else's user page(s), add links here.|--[[User:Mikko Pohjola|Mikko Pohjola]] 10:22, 28 January 2013 (EET)}}

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Home Work 1

1.What is the main purpose of environmental health assessment?

My answer: The main purpose of environmental health assessment is to to improve deliberate plans of actions that guide decisions aiming for desired outcomes (cf. Jones 2009). Its could also serve to provide provide science-based support to decisions on issues of societal relevance. It also aims at helping knowledge-based decisions and actions in business and among individual members of the society.

2. What is pragmatism?

My answer: In this context,pragmatism briefly means that theory and practice are not separate entities, but are deeply intertwined. Pragmatism in this context, could therefore be said to mean the combination of knowledge (theory) and practice solely on their practical influence on issues of the environment and health.

7.What is impact assessment?

My answer: Health Impact Assessment is a combination of procedures, methods and tools for judging the potential health effects of a policy, program or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups(World Health Organization 1999, http://www.who.int/hia/en/. The purpose of Health impact assessment is to inform decision makers about the potential health effects of a policy, program or project, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged population groups, and to provide recommendations for maximizing the proposal’s positive and minimizing the negative health effects. It also aims at addressing inequalities in the potential health impacts and to promote joined-up working and participation. --# : Yes, this is how WHO defines HEALTH impact assessment. More generally, impact assessment considers and estimates all kinds of impacts, and the problem at hand then determines which impacts, e.g. health, environment, economic, are of interest. --Mikko Pohjola 10:22, 28 January 2013 (EET)

# : Good answers. --Mikko Pohjola 10:22, 28 January 2013 (EET)

# : Where are all other homework answers? If they are on someone else's user page(s), add links here. --Mikko Pohjola 10:22, 28 January 2013 (EET)