Oregon State-led HIAs
Oregon State-funded HIAs
Other Oregon HIAs
HIA in the United States
Oregon State-led HIAs
Health Impacts of Metro's Climate Smart Communities (2012)
Oregon’s Health Impact Assessment program is teaming up with Metro and Oregon Department of Transportation to assess the potential health impacts of Metro’s Climate Smart Communities greenhouse gas reduction scenario planning. Health impact assessment (HIA) provides decision-makers with information about how any policy, program, or project may affect the health of people. The Climate Smart Communities HIA (CSC HIA) will describe the health impacts of proposed carbon-reduction strategies to decision-makers, and ensure that the best health-promoting elements are included in the preferred scenario.
Geographic area/location: Portland metropolitan area
Current Stage of Development: Scoping
Sponsor: Oregon Health Authority, Office of Environmental Public Health
Wind Energy Siting (2010-2012)
The Oregon Public Health Division spent the last year responding to questions from the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), local health departments, and community members in Eastern Oregon about the potential health impacts of wind energy facilities on Oregon communities. The draft Wind Energy Health Impact Assessment is a tool to help community members, elected officials and ODOE understand and respond to health-related questions about wind energy developments in Oregon. This initial HIA on wind energy is not focused on a specific facility or community. Rather, it focuses more broadly on what is currently known about the health impacts from wind farms, and the policies and standards used to site wind facilities in Oregon.
Geographic area/location: Oregon
Current Stage of Development: Draft report
Sponsor: Oregon Health Authority, Office of Environmental Public Health
School Biomass Boilers (2010)
School districts around Oregon have recently been given the opportunity to convert their current heating system to biomass boilers that burn wood chips or pellets. There is some concern about the health effects of this new type of fuel, as the air emissions have not been studied. This HIA examined the health impacts of converting to biomass boilers on students, teachers and neighbors around Oregon schools. DEQ amended their program according to the HIA’s recommendations.
Geographic area/location: Statewide
Current Stage of Development: Reporting completed
Sponsor: Oregon Health Authority, Office of Environmental Public Health
Oregon State-funded HIAs
Hood River County’s Barrett Park Property HIA (2011)
In 2007, the Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation District bought a 30-acre former orchard property on Barrett Drive in Hood River, Oregon with the intention of developing it into land for recreational purposes. The HIA investigated the potential health impacts of turning the land into a community park with open play fields, trails, and community gardens and made a series of recommendations to improve access to the park, meet existing health and recreation needs, and protect park users from potential contamination.
Geographic area/location: Hood River County
Current Stage of Development: Monitoring and Evaluation
Sponsor: Hood River County Public Health
Crook County's Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety HIA (2011)
Geographic area/location: Crook County
Current Stage of Development: Monitoring and Evaluation
Sponsor: Crook County Public Health
Deschutes County's HIA on a chapter of the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan 2010-2030 (2010)
This HIA focused on Deschutes County’s transportation and land-use planning, specifically traffic safety, opportunities for active transport and open spaces/parks, within the unincorporated community of Tumalo.
Geographic area/location: Tumalo, Deschutes County
Current Stage of Development: Monitoring and Evaluation
Sponsor: Deschutes County Public Health; Deschutes County Planning
Benton County HIA on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) (2010)
The assessment provided insight into the county-wide debate concerning whether or not to amend county code to allow ADUs on rural lands in Benton County. ADUs are small, self-contained, residential units built on the same lot as and secondary to an existing single-family home. Benton County formerly prohibited all rural residents from building ADUs on their properties, but residents in incorporated parts of the county were allowed to build them. As a result of this HIA, Benton County’s code was amended to allow ADUs.
Geographic area/location: Benton County
Current Stage of Development: Monitoring and Evaluation
Sponsor: Benton County Public Health
Other Oregon HIAs
HIA in the United States
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