Appraisal
3. Identifying health hazards and considering evidence of impact
this is where a large amount of HIA work is carried out. An example of appraisal can drawn from a health and equity assessment of a large oil in Africa.
The work began with a panel of experts(the World Bank required the Chad and Cameroon Governments to hire a panel of experts to guide the assessment process) who examined the proposal in detail.
The panel drew on a of provided by the consortium included information on a limited number of determinants of health social and economic issues,wildlife and biodiversity (note that HIA would usually more determinants of health than this)
The papers also listed specific health hazards and diseases in the project area. The relationships between the determinants of health and key elements of the proposal were investigated (often laid out in table/grid like fashion for clarity).