The New Jersey Health Impact Collaborative (NJHIC) promotes the integration of public health impacts into planning and decision-making about projects and policies.  NJHIC advances the practice of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a tool to improve planning and decision-making throughout New Jersey.

The goal of the NJHIC is to build partnerships that enhance opportunities to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) that inform state, regional and local decisions, so that these decisions result in healthier communities and citizens.

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a fast-growing practice in the US that provides practitioners and policymakers with a tool to consider the health outcomes of decisions.  By combining scientific data, health expertise and public input, HIAs identify and assess the potential positive and negative health effects of decisions related to policies, programs or projects.

HIAs in the United States have been applied to decision-making in a diversity of sectors including land use, energy, transportation, housing and economics.  Through early consideration of health impacts, HIA efforts in the U.S.  point to improved health outcomes and decision-making processes.

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