Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark.
COWI, Lyngby, Denmark.
Int J Public Health. 2022 Jan 31;67:1604420. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604420. eCollection 2022.
Developmental processes influence the determinants of health and, consequently, human health. Yet, assessing human health impacts in impact assessment, with exception of health impact assessment, is still rather vague. Inclusion of Sustainable Development Goal indicators in environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an opportunity to enhance addressing human health in EIA practices. We reviewed a list of health-related targets and indicators for SDGs as defined by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Seattle, WA, United States with the aim of identifying those to be suggested as outcome indicators within EIA. Among 42 health-related indicators, we identified 17 indicators which could be relevant for impact assessment procedures and categorized them into three groups: 1) direct health indicators (e.g., under five mortality). 2) complex indicators (e.g., cancer). 3) environmental determinant indicators (e.g., mean PM). All 17 indicators can be employed to improve quantification assessing human health impacts and bring SDGs into EIA processes. Though our assessment has been conducted for Denmark and the set of suggested indicators could be different for contexts in other countries, the process of their identification can be generalized.
发展过程会影响健康决定因素，从而影响人类健康。然而，在影响评估中评估人类健康影响，除了健康影响评估外，仍然相当模糊。将可持续发展目标指标纳入环境影响评估（EIA）是增强 EIA 实践中解决人类健康问题的机会。我们审查了美国华盛顿州西雅图市健康计量与评估研究所（IHME）定义的与健康相关的可持续发展目标的一系列目标和指标，目的是确定哪些指标可作为 EIA 中的结果指标提出。在 42 个与健康相关的指标中，我们确定了 17 个可能与影响评估程序相关的指标，并将其分为三组：1）直接健康指标（例如，五岁以下儿童死亡率）。2）复杂指标（例如，癌症）。3）环境决定因素指标（例如，平均 PM）。所有 17 个指标都可以用于改善量化评估人类健康影响，并将可持续发展目标纳入 EIA 进程。尽管我们的评估是针对丹麦进行的，并且为其他国家的情况提出的一套指标可能有所不同，但可以推广其识别过程。
