Back to ResourcesBack to Resources
Study Finds Room to Boost Maternal and Child Health Participation in Health Impact Assessments
Publication

Study Finds Room to Boost Maternal and Child Health Participation in Health Impact Assessments

View Publication

This publication examines a study showing how health impact assessments (HIAs) provide an action-oriented framework for maternal and child health (MCH) professionals to become involved in cross-sector collaboration to improve health equity.

HIAs conducted in the United States have not extensively involved the MCH workforce, but they do regularly incorporate MCH-relevant content, according to the study led by Georgia Health Policy Center researchers. HIAs bring health perspectives into non-health decision-making by determining the potential effects of a proposed policy, plan, program, or project on the health of a population. The researchers reviewed 350 HIAs conducted since 2010 and voluntarily housed in the Health Impact Project repository.

Webinar

Aligning in Crisis: Strategies and Tools to Leverage Federal Funding

On 9/14, experts from Aligning in Crisis, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will discussed how, if deployed strategically and effectively, federal funds can advance equity, shift power to the community, and set the stage for positive, long-term change.

Webinar

Welcome to the TEAM: A Toolkit for Everyone Aligning and Measuring

This webinar presents the Toolkit for Everyone Aligning and Measuring (TEAM), a tool designed to help people think about measurement and strategy in their cross-sector health collaboratives.

Brief

Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States

This issue brief describes the different roles intermediaries can play; provides examples of where they have been used in practice; and identifies the risks, benefits, and possible innovations of intermediaries as well as policy approaches that might facilitate their appropriate use.