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===Page contents in more detail===
 
===Page contents in more detail===

Revision as of 21:22, 22 January 2008

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Table of Contents for the Guidebook

--#(number): : I think, the processes and products should be put together and not separated too much. --Alexandra Kuhn 17:29, 14 January 2008 (EET)

Title list

  1. Guidebook (product) 1
  2. Theoretical foundation
    1. Policy context
    2. Scientific context
    3. Impact assessment
    4. Assessment framework
    5. Purpose and properties of good assessments
    6. Societal context of assessments
    7. Causal chain
    8. Process description
    9. Method
    10. Universal products
      1. Assessment (universal product)
      2. Variable (universal product)
      3. Class (universal product)
  3. General processes
    1. Observing (process) [actually belongs to basic science but is described here for completeness]
    2. Information collection (process)
    3. Information synthesis (process)
    4. Process management (process)
    5. Description development (process)
  4. Performing an impact assessment (process description: assessment framework) 10 [Necessary phases of performing an assessment]
    1. Issue framing (process description)
      1. Scoping (process description)
      2. Applying general information (process description)
      3. Causal diagram (process description) 34
    2. Designing variables (process description)
    3. Executing variables and analyses (process description)
    4. Reporting an assessment (process description) 67
  5. Methods related to a particular step in the causal chain D↷
    1. Emission modelling (process description) 36-39
    2. Exposure modelling (process description)
      1. Source-to-exposure modelling (process description) 40
        1. Atmospheric models (process description)
        2. Aquatic models (process description)
        3. Multimedia models (process description)
      2. Source apportionment
      3. Intake fraction (process description)
    3. Exposure-response function modelling (process description)
      1. Performing meta-analysis (process description) 48
      2. Combining toxicological and epidemiological information (process description)
    4. Risk characterisation (process description) 51
      1. Risk appraisal method (process description)
        1. Distance to (regulatory) target (process description)
        2. Impact estimation (process description)
        3. Monetary estimation (process description)
        4. Risk perception and acceptability (process description)
        5. Equity estimation (process description)
      2. Disability-adjusted life year (process description) 52
      3. Quality-adjusted life year (process description) 52
      4. Monetary valuation (process description) 59
      5. Discounting (process description) 64
      6. Risk perception (process description) 55
      7. Value judgement (process description) 56
      8. Equity issues
  6. Processes that are useful or necessary and cover several phases or steps
    1. Open participation in assessment (process description) 8
    2. Stakeholder involvement (process description) 68
    3. Expert panel / elicitation
    4. Multiple-bias modelling
    5. GIS and spatial issues
    6. Uncertainty assessment (process description) 39, 43, 49, 58, 65, 69
      1. Estimating uncertainties (process description)
      2. Propagating uncertainties (process description) 72
      3. Value-of-information analysis (process description) 57
      4. Uncertainty tools (process: tool) 76
    7. Collective structured learning
    8. Mass collaboration
    9. Dealing with disputes
  7. Introduction to important topics in the Resource Centre
    1. Health impacts (universal product)
    2. Emissions (product: class)
    3. Exposures (product: class)
    4. Exposure-response function (product: class) 44
    5. Impacts (product: class) 77
  8. Other assessment frameworks
    1. Cost-benefit analysis (process description) 62 ⇤#(number): : Why is this "another framework"? --Alexandra Kuhn 10:27, 17 January 2008 (EET)
    2. Cost-effectiveness analysis
    3. Multi-attribute utility analysis (process description) 55
    4. Important issues that are outside the (health) impact assessment
      1. Global warming 78
      2. Accidents 79
      3. Ecosystems and biodiversity 80

The pages of the Pyrkilo guide 2

The table contains all pages that are attached to the Intarese:Help:Pyrkilo guide 2 page. The second column (where it should go) talks about where the current content of the page should go. It does not imply that the scopes of the old and the new page should be the same.

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Intarese:Help:Analysis tool Tool:Analysis tool
Intarese:Help:Applying general information Method:Applying general information
Intarese:Help:Causality Glossary:Causality
Intarese:Help:Class Universal products:Class
Intarese:Help:Collaborative workspace Tool:Collaborative workspace
Intarese:Help:Contributing to a discussion Method:Contributing to a discussion
Intarese:Help:Copyright issues Method:Dealing with copyright issues
Intarese:Help:Data gateway Tool:Data gateway
Intarese:Help:Decision variable Glossary:Decision variable
Intarese:Help:Designing variables Method:Designing variables
Intarese:Help:Dispute Method:Dealing with disputes
Intarese:Help:Drawing a causal diagram Method:Drawing a causal diagram
Intarese:Help:Encyclopedia on environmental health Glossary:Encyclopedia on environmental health
Intarese:Help:Executing variables Method:Executing variables
Intarese:Help:External model Tool:External model
Intarese:Help:Extracted model Tool:Extracted model
Intarese:Help:General properties of good risk assessments Theoretical foundation:Purpose and properties of good assessments
Intarese:Help:Guidebook on risk assessment Glossary:Guidebook
Intarese:Help:Integrated resource platform Glossary:Resource platform
Intarese:Help:Issue framing tool Method:Issue framing
Intarese:Help:Managing stakeholder involvement Method:Managing stakeholder information
Intarese:Help:Mass collaboration Method:Mass collaboration
Intarese:Help:Model extractor Tool:Model extractor
Intarese:Help:Object design tool Tool:Object design tool
Intarese:Help:Open participation in risk assessment Method:Open participation
Intarese:Help:Open risk assessment (toolbox) Glossary:Open assessment
Intarese:Help:Performance Method:Evaluating performance? Or: General properties of good assessments?
Intarese:Help:Plausibility tests Glossary:Plausibility tests Or:Product?
Intarese:Help:Purpose of a risk assessment Method:Defining the purpose of an assessment
Intarese:Help:Pyrkilo method (summary) Glossary:Pyrkilo method
Intarese:Help:Reporting a risk assessment Method:Reporting an assessment
Intarese:Help:Reporting tool Tool:Reporting tool
Help:Result database Tool:Result database
Intarese:Help:Risk assessment process Theoretical foundation:General processes
Intarese:Help:Risk assessment structure Universal product:Assessment
Intarese:Help:Scoping a risk assessment Method:Scoping an assessment
Intarese:Help:Societal role of risk assessment Societal context of assessments
Intarese:Help:The phases of a risk assessment Method:The assessment process
Intarese:Help:Uncertainty Method:Assessing uncertainty
Intarese:Help:Universal information structure for risk assessment products Theoretical foundation:Universal products
Intarese:Help:Users of the pyrkilo method Method:Defining the users of an assessment
Intarese:Help:Value judgement Glossary:Value judgement
Intarese:Help:Variable Universal products:Variable
Intarese:Help:Variable definition Method:Defining a variable
Intarese:Help:Variable transfer protocol Method:Variable transfer protocol

Page contents in more detail

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Assessment (universal product)

  • Scope. What is the use purpose of an (impact) assessment? (To answer a policy information need) 3, 6, 12
  • Definition
    • What is an impact assessment
    • Different assessments: HIA, RA, IA... 4-5 (possibly own articles)
--#(number): : This part describes the process of performing an impact assessment. It goes not into details about the methodologies --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET) ⇤#(number): : No, this is an overview. --Jouni 23:05, 15 January 2008 (EET)

Performing an impact assessment (process description:assessment framework) 10

  • Scope: Purpose of making an impact assessment is to produce an assessment product. --#(number): : What would this be? A general purpose? something like policy consulting??? --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET)
  • Definition
    • General methodology 10 (--#(number): : would be the same as the assessment framework? equals dimension "work environment" number 3. --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET))
    • description of methodology used 11
  • Result
    • Inputs
    • Procedure: Phases of an impact assessment 16
      • Scoping an impact assessment 26
        • Selecting indicators 50
      • Applying general information
      • Drawing a causal diagram 34 Links: Help:Causal diagram | Links to alternatives: Causal chain, impact pathway, DPSEEA, DPSIR
        --#(number): : Discussing with some colleagues here at USTUTT they said it would be good to describe the differences and communalities between causal chain, impact pathway approach, DPSEEA, DPSIR. Where would this belong to? --Alexandra Kuhn 18:06, 14 January 2008 (EET)
        --#(number): : Perhaps these descriptions should be included in the links to the different alternatives? Ex give the differences and communalities between causal diagram and impact pathway in the linked section of impact pathway and so on? --Kb 13:43, 18 January 2008 (EET)
      • Designing variables
      • Executing variables and analyses
      • Reporting an assessment
    • Outputs

Reporting an assessment (process description) 67

  • Scope
  • Definition: different approaches
  • Result
    • Reporting uncertainties 70, 73 (incl. qualitative and quantitative uncertainties)

Stakeholder involvement (process description) 68

Issue framing (process description:issue framing)

--#(number): : Where would be the boundaries to "process: assessment framework?" --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET)
  • Scope:
    • Purpose, questions 27
    • Indicator selection 50
    • Boundaries 29
    • Scenarios 30-33
  • Definition
    • Variables

Emission modelling (process description) 36-39

  • Scope: purpose of emission modelling
  • Definition: background
  • Result:
    • How to model 37
    • Sectoral, spatial, and temporal resolution 38
    • Uncertainties 39

Source-to-exposure modelling (process description) 40

  • Scope: purpose
  • Definition: Different types 41
  • See also: pointers to resource centre 42
  • Direct approach: measure data (--#(number): : whatever. biomarkers, concentrations... --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET))
  • Uncertainties 43

Exposure-response function modelling (process description)

  • Scope 45
  • Definition:
    • Different types 46
    • How can they be derived? 47-48
    • Uncertainties 49

Risk characterisation (process description) 51

  • Scope
  • Definition:
--#(number): : maybe we could summarise "DALYs / QUALYs and monetary valuation under "aggregation". But I don't know how to do this at the moment. --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET)

Disability-adjusted life year (process description) 52

  • Scope
  • Definition:
    • How are they derived 54
    • Alternatives 53

Monetary valuation (process description) 59

  • Scope: Why do we need monetary values 60
  • Definition
    • Why do we choose monetary values and not utility points? 61
  • Result
    • How are monetary values derived 63

Uncertainty assessment (process description) 39, 43, 49, 58, 65, 69

  • Scope: Purpose of uncertainty assessment
  • Definition: Different approaches
    • Qualitative methods eg pedigree matrix 71
    • Quantitative methods 72-73
    • When to use which method? 73
  • Result
    • Uncertainty of the result: parameter uncertainty
    • Uncertainty of the definition: model uncertainty
    • Uncertainty of the scope: relevance

Uncertainty tools (process: tool) 76

⇤#(number): : This does not belong into the Guidebook but it is good to keep it in mind. --Alexandra Kuhn 18:02, 14 January 2008 (EET)

Propagating uncertainties (process description) 72

  • Scope
  • Definition: approaches
    • Monte Carlo 72
    • Bayesian analysis 72

Impact assessment (product:assessment)

⇤#(number): : What should this be? Why should we have that? Scenarios etc. should be positioned under the process as the user should be explained how to build a scenario. --Alexandra Kuhn 17:26, 14 January 2008 (EET)
  • Scope:
    • Purpose, questions 27
    • Boundaries 29
    • Scenarios 30-33
  • Definition
    • Variables
    • Analyses
  • Result
    • Results
    • Conclusions
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