The health impact assessment in Korea is carried out through the hygiene and public health items within the framework of the environmental impact assessment system. This process is not an analysis of the overall factors affecting health, but rather an assessment of the health of a particular population, focusing on the impact of the development project on the local population on environmental hazards. This study aims to suggest some cases where health impact assessment can contribute to national health policy. The purpose of this study is as follows: Case study of domestic and international health impact assessment; health gap and national health policy analysis; health risk assessment analysis, focusing on dementia; health Impact assessment of dementia-friendly community; presenting future roadmap, infrastructure, and governance for health impact assessment. In chapter 2 of this study, the concept of health impact assessment is summarized through precedent research, cases of domestic health impact assessment pilot project, and cases of overseas health impact assessment institution are presented. Chapter 3 summarizes the items of health determinants, which are the main subjects of health impact assessment, and analyzes the status of health disparities by calculating preventable mortality and avoidable mortality indices. By comparing preventable mortality and avoidable mortality by region, we reviewed areas where there is a need to further support and strengthen health promotion projects. In addition, the current state of health policies are presented. Chapter 4 outlines the procedures for the health impact assessment and reviews priorities. In this study, a risk assessment model using a generalized linear mixture model is presented. This model was applied to dementia, and the results of health risk assessment analysis for dementia by region were presented. In Chapter 5, dementia is considered as a target of health impact assessment, and a health impact assessment method for dementia-friendly community, which is one of the implementation strategies of dementia national responsibility system, is suggested. We provided a policy evaluation tool for dementia-friendly community and presented the policy tasks for dementia-friendly community. Finally, in the conclusion section, we set up policy issues and roadmap for future health impact assessment. 

Abstract ················································································································1

I Introduction ·························································································7

  1. Background and Purpose ···············································································9

  2. Research Scope and Methods ·············································································12

II Health Impact Assessment in Korea and Abroad ······················································17

  1. Definitions and Purposes of Health Impact Assessment ·······························································19

  2. The Progress of Health Impact Assessment in Korea ··························································23

  3. Health Impact Assessment in Selected Countries and Related Research ·····································32

III Health Screening and Health Policy Analyses ···································37

  1. Health Screening ························································································40

  2. Health Promotion Programs in Korea ·································································59

IV The Scheme of Health Impact Assessment and the Health Risk Evaluation Model ································79

  1. Health Impact Assessment Cases in Korea ·············································································81

  2. The Process and Cases of Health Impact Assessment ···································································85

  3. Prioritizing Health Problems ························································101

  4. The Health Risk Evaluation Model ·················································································105

V Health Impact Assessment in Dementia-Friendly Communities ··············································111

  1. Selecting Communities for Health Impact Assessment ······································································114

  2. Analysis Methods of the Health Impact Assessment of Dementia-Friendly Communities ······································117

  3. The Model of the Dementia-Friendly Community and the Assessment Scheme ························································124

VI The Use of HIA and Policy Tasks ·································131

  1. Policy Tasks for HIA ····························································133

  2. Methods of HIA Introduction ··························································139

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