Evaluation: A systematic method for collecting, analyzing, and using data to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of programs and, as importantly, to contribute to continuous program improvement. Program: Any set of related activities undertaken to achieve an intended outcome; any organized public health action.

Levels of HIA Rapid HIA, which takes approximately 12 weeks for one assessor to complete and provides more detailed information on potential health impacts; and. Comprehensive HIA, which takes approximately 6 months for one assessor and provides a in-depth assessment of potential health impacts.

Impact evaluations are used to assess the effectiveness and short term benefits of the HIA process. Effectiveness can include: • Direct effectiveness (where the HIA has contributed to modifying a decision). Outcome evaluations are used to measure the long-term effects resulting from the HIA recommendations.

Evaluation provides a systematic method to study a program, practice, intervention, or initiative to understand how well it achieves its goals. Evaluations help determine what works well and what could be improved in a program or initiative.

The process of impact assessment involves the isolation of activities or events that are the most likely to affect the business, its finances and operations. On an external scale, the impact analysis looks at the social, economic and environmental significance of these events and evaluates their effects.

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a practical approach used to judge the potential health effects of a policy, programme or project on a population, particularly on vulnerable or disadvantaged groups.

Process Evaluation determines whether program activities have been implemented as intended and resulted in certain outputs. You may conduct process evaluation periodically throughout the life of your program and start by reviewing the activities and output components of the logic model (i.e., the left side).