Abstract
<p>Background</p><p>This paper identifies and discusses the benefits of taking a ‘community grounded’ approach to HIA in the context of a place based urban renewal setting and reflect on whether this is a useful approach for people and organisations wishing to undertake HIA’s in similar settings. The HIA was on the redevelopment of the suburban town centre and focussed on the creation of a new multipurpose centre, improvements to a manmade pond and the relocation of sporting fields found in the area. The HIA team aimed to explore what the planned redevelopment of the local town centre area would mean for the local community and its potential health impacts upon residents.</p><p> </p><p>Methods</p><p>The HIA followed the standard HIA steps. The HIA team took a community grounded approach where particular focus was give to engaging community members in the HIA process. This included community members being involved in the HIA working group, reference group and providing evidence for the HIA.</p><p> </p><p>Results</p><p>The HIA report contained a series of recommendations for the redevelopment of the Airds Bradbury estate. These recommendations were presented to the Community Reference Group and were adopted by various stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Conclusions</p><p> </p><p>The community grounded approach influenced both how the HIA was carried out, the decisions that were made within the HIA and ultimately the finidings and recomendations. The HIA of this latest stage of the Airds-Bradbury estate redevelopment was a useful project to encourage further collaboration, dialogue and planning between redevelopment agencies, Local Government, and residents of the Airds Bradbury social housing estate.</p><p> </p>
Highlights
The ProposalHealth Impact Assessment (HIA) can be applied to many different types of proposals and is adaptable to the context in which it is undertaken
Community participation is often hard to establish, and for it to be best managed within the timeframes and expectations of policy making, which can make a truly collaborative HIA process a challenge to attain (Chadderton et al, 2012; Parry & Wright, 2003)
The HIA was conducted in collaboration with a variety of local stakeholders, those associated with the Airds Bradbury Community Reference Group (CRG)
Summary
The ProposalHealth Impact Assessment (HIA) can be applied to many different types of proposals and is adaptable to the context in which it is undertaken. This paper identifies and discusses the benefits of taking a ‘community grounded’ approach to HIA in the context of a place-based urban renewal setting, and reflects on whether this is a useful approach for people and organisations wishing to undertake HIA’s in similar settings This HIA was conducted to inform plans to redevelop the town centre of the Airds-Bradbury social housing estate* and, through the engagement of residents, to ensure that these plans reflected the needs of the community. This paper identifies and discusses the benefits of taking a ‘community grounded’ approach to Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in the context of a place based urban renewal setting and reflect on whether this is a useful approach for people and organisations wishing to undertake HIA’s in similar settings. The HIA team aimed to explore what the planned redevelopment of the local town centre area would mean for the local community and its potential health impacts upon residents
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