Health impact assessment (HIA) collaboration between Finnish and Scottish higher education institutions.

Health impact assessment (HIA) is relatively new and a rapidly evolving field in many health and social environments globally. HIA emerged in several different forms as it has been applied to a wide range of issues in diverse social, health and policy plans, projects or programs in different settings for example in fields like urban planning and local government projects. It also informs decision-making which deal with conflicts within an ever changing political climate taking into account the stakeholders views