Environmental health has traditionally conceptualised health
more narrowly within HIAs (Divall, 2008, Harris, 2005, Mindell
et al., 2008), with a focus on individual and physical environmental
determinants of health. The focus has been on building a health
component within EIAs, or other mandated assessments, rather than
necessarily undertaking HIAs as “stand-alone” assessments (Martin,
1986).