HIA in the News: "Creating a Community That is Healthy by Design by Using a Health Impact Assessment"
May 10, 2010
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"In 2005, given fast-paced development in the region, Montana's Yellowstone City-County Health Department worked with two local hospitals to conduct a community health assessment, which identified the area's most pressing health needs. Based on the results, the agency aimed to create a community that is 'healthy by design.'
To fulfill that goal, from 2007 to 2009, the Yellowstone City-County Health Department in Billings, Mont.-now known as RiverStone Health-engaged and guided communities and leaders in using health impact assessments to make decisions that affect public health..."
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