Introduction to Health Impact Assessment provides good practice guidance for conducting a health impact assessment (HIA) to determine potential impacts on community health as a result of project development. This publication supports IFC's Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability, and has three main objectives: to present methodological approaches to assess and address potential community health impacts; to assist in the development of the terms of reference (TOR) that may be needed to conduct the HIA; and to help ensure inclusion of health impact aspects in the social and environmental impact assessment process.
