Health in All Policies

Health in All Policies (HiAP) is defined as “an approach to public policies across sectors that systematically takes into account the health implications of decisions, seeks synergies, and avoids harmful health impacts, in order to improve population health and health equity.”

Community and Public Health’s Health in All Policies work is underpinned by the fact that health is influenced by a wide range of factors beyond the health sector.

We recognise our responsibility to work in partnership to achieve lasting change for the health and well being of the people of Canterbury, West Coast and the Chatham Islands. We do this is in a wide range of ways within our statutory and non-statutory responsibilities.

“The ability to prevent illness and stay healthy is largely attributed to the way in which we live our lives. Those things that determine how healthy we are include housing, safe neighbourhoods, clean air and water, diet, and easy access to transport, recreation, education and employment. Many of the organisations who are responsible for these lie outside of the health sector and may not realise that their work strongly influences health outcomes”.
David Meates (CEO of the Canterbury District Health Board) in the Integrated Recovery Planning Guide (October 2010).

The diagram below shows these influences on our health and how they are interlinked.

Canterbury Health in all Policies Partnership (CHIAPP)

Christchurch City Council, Canterbury District Health Board, the Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) and Ngai Tahu work in this partnership to embed a health perspective within their organisations.

• Find out more about the Canterbury Health in All Policies Partnership (CHIAPP).
• View some outputs from the CHIAPP project including evaluations and Annual Reports.
• Read the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy HIA Document.

Documents

Read the CDHB Submissions on various national and local plans and strategies.

Tools developed by Community and Public Health

• Planning for Positive Outcomes (Community and Public Health 2012)
• Integrated Recovery Planning Guide – Version 2 (Community and Public Health – June 2011)
• Health Promotion and Sustainability Through Environmental Design: A guide for planning (HPSTED)

Useful Background Publications

• Adelaide Statement II: Implementing the Sustainable Development Agenda through good governance for health and wellbeing – building on the experience of Health in All Policies (World Health Organisation 2017)
• The Helsinki statement on Health in All Policies (World Health Organisation 2013)
• Health in All Policies: Seizing opportunities, implementing policies (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies 2013)
• Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Government (American Public Health Association and Public Health Institute 2013)
• Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies (WHO and Government of South Australia 2010)
• Healthy Places, Healthy Lives: Urban environments and wellbeing (National Health Committee 2010)
• The Health Equity Assessment Tool: A User’s Guide (Ministry of Health 2008)
• Whanau Ora Health Impact Assessment (Ministry of Health 2007).
• Te Pae Mahutonga Implementation Planning Guide (Ministry of Health 2004)

Health Impact Assessments contributed to by Community and Public Health

• Integrated Assessment for the Draft Land Use Recovery Plan (Environment Canterbury 2013)
• Health impact assessment on the Christchurch Transport Strategic Plan (CCC 2012)
• Integrated Wellbeing and Sustainability Assessment of the draft Central City Plan (Quigley and Watts 2011)
• Evaluating Health Impact Assessments in New Zealand (Ministry of Health 2010)
• Impact Evaluation of the Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Health Impact Assessment (Ministry of Health 2008)

Downloads

Order resources from the Community Health Information Centre.

• Guide to Health Impact Assessment

Links

• Health Impact Assessment (Ministry of Health)
• HIA Connect (Australia)
• International HIA Blog
• Health Impact Assessment (WHO)
• The HIA Gateway (Public Health England)

Information Sheets about Health in all Policies

Community and Public Health staff as part of the Canterbury Health in All Policies Partnership (CHIAPP), developed the following information sheets on Health in All Policies. All information sheets were updated January and February 2015.

• Overview of CHIAPP.
• Background Information on Health in All Policies (Sheet 1).
• Background Information on Health Impact Assessment (Sheet 2).
• International Literature (Sheet 3).
• New Zealand examples (Sheet 4).
• Collaborative working guidelines (Sheet 5).
• HiAP Tools and Concepts (Sheet 6).
• Impact of Canterbury earthquake on CHIAPP (Sheet 7 – was Sheet 8).
• Self Evaluation and Monitoring Tool (Sheet 8 – was Sheet 10).

Latest Evaluations of Canterbury Health Impact Assessments

Community and Public Health staff recently evaluated the impact of Health Impact Assessments (HIA) made on these critical documents relating to Canterbury planning.

• Evaluation of the Integrated Assessment of the Waimakariri Residential Red Zone Recovery Plan.
• Evaluation of the Wellbeing Impact Assessment of the Port of Lyttelton Recovery Plan.
• Health Impact Assessment: Review of Environment Canterbury’s Air Plan – Potential effects of wood burner restrictions on wood burning households.
• Evaluation of the HIA of the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Strategy.
• Evaluation of the Integrated Assessment of the Land Use Recovery Plan.

2015 Health in All Policies Conference

The Canterbury Health in all Policies Partnership (CHIAPP) organised a conference in Christchurch to acknowledge and celebrate 10 years of HiAP in New Zealand.

The Conference featured presentations by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, Henare Ngaera O’Keefe, Ana Apatu, Rob Quigley, and Professor Paul Dalziel.

• View presentations from the HiAP Reflective Practice Day (30th April 2015)
• View presentations from the HiAP Conference Day (1st May 2015).