Preliminary Checklist

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Design for Health
Preliminary Checklist
Cairssa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Summary

• Introduction to HIA
• Changes in Preliminary Checklist
• Overview of the Preliminary Checklist HIA 2.0
• Application of HIA to proposal and plan
• Outcomes of the HIA process

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Overview

• First step in HIA process
• Checklist/survey of health issues
• Determine if further assessment is needed
• Quick
• Point-based

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Overview

• Assesses significance of project, plan, or policy
  in terms of its size and scope
• Is it significant enough to assess?
• Does the plan or proposal meet some initial
  thresholds for a healthy community?
• Initial scan of impacts
• Helps determine whether additional analysis is
  needed

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Overview

• Whats new in Preliminary Checklist 2.0?
• More intuitive language
• Higher scores mean more assessment is needed
• Additional social capital threshold

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Part I Is it significant enough to assess?

• Geographic extent
• Reversibility
• Population or workforce increase
• Cumulative impact
• People affected
• Land use change
• Institutional capacity

Carissa Schively
(Image centered left to right, 2.5 up from
bottom, 2.0 from top)

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Preliminary Checklist
Part 1 Is it significant enough to assess?
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Preliminary Checklist
Part 2 Does the plan/policy/project meet
thresholds?

• Accessibility
• Physical Activity
• Social capital
• Air Quality
• Water Quality
• Food
• Safety

Carissa Schively
(Image centered left to right, 2.5 up from
bottom, 2.0 from top)

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Preliminary Checklist
Part 2 Does the plan or proposal meet some
initial thresholds for a health community?
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Preliminary Checklist
Completing the Preliminary Checklist

• What information is needed?
• Where do I get information?
• Who should be involved?
• How do you use it for a proposal or plan?
• Project proposal (e.g. Excelsior Grand)
• Corridor plan (e.g. Central Corridor Development
  Strategy)

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Completing a Preliminary Checklist (Part 1) -
Proposal
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Preliminary Checklist
Completing a Preliminary Checklist (Part 2) -
Proposal
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Preliminary Checklist
Completing a Preliminary Checklist (Part 1) - Plan
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Preliminary Checklist
Completing a Preliminary Checklist (Part 2) - Plan
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Preliminary Checklist
Using the HIA

• Who is involved?
• City staff planners, engineers, parks, public
  health, others
• Public
• Elected/appointed officials
• Other agencies/organizations
• What is required?
• Time varies
• Basic knowledge of the project, plan, or policy

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Using the HIA

• What are the outcomes of a preliminary checklist?
• Knowledge about the connections between health
  and planning
• Additional HIA may be needed
• Key health concerns may emerge
• Need for scoring adjustments to reflect local
  values and conditions

Carissa Schively
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Preliminary Checklist
Summary

• Introduction to HIA
• Changes in Preliminary Checklist
• Overview of the Preliminary Checklist HIA 2.0
• Application of HIA to proposal and plan
• Outcomes of the HIA process

Carissa Schively