Salud en todas las políticas en la Comunitat Valenciana: pasos hacia la evaluación del impacto en salud / Health in all policies in the Valencian Community: steps towards the health impact assessment

En este trabajo se describe el inicio del proceso de implementación de la evaluación del impacto en salud en la Comunitat Valenciana como un instrumento para incorporar el marco de los determinantes sociales y las desigualdades en salud en las políticas emanadas de los diferentes departamentos del gobierno valenciano. La propuesta implica: 1) el compromiso político, con acciones legislativas y en la planificación estratégica; 2) la creación de estructuras facilitadoras del trabajo intersectorial, con la constitución de la comisión de evaluación del impacto en salud y del comité técnico intersectorial; y 3) el diseño y la validación de una herramienta para la evaluación simplificada del impacto en salud de las políticas sectoriales adaptada a la Comunitat Valenciana. Se pone en valor la metodología participativa utilizada en todo el proceso y el potencial que representa la evaluación del impacto en salud para el desarrollo de políticas públicas orientadas hacia la ganancia en salud y la equidad

This paper describes the beginning of the implementation process of the health impact assessment in the Valencian Community (Spain), as an instrument to incorporate the framework of social determinants and health inequalities in the policies issued by the different departments of the Valencian government. The proposal involves: 1) political commitment, with legislative and strategic planning actions; 2) the creation of structures to allow intersectoral collaboration, with the establishment of the health impact assessment commission and the intersectoral technical committee; and 3) the design and validation of a tool for the simplified health impact assessment of non-health policies adapted to the Valencian Community. We highlight the importance of the participatory methodology used in the whole process and the potential of the health impact assessment for the development of public policies oriented to improve health and equity

[Health in all policies in the Valencian Community: steps towards the health impact assessment]. / Salud en todas las políticas en la Comunitat Valenciana: pasos hacia la evaluación del impacto en salud.

This paper describes the beginning of the implementation process of the health impact assessment in the Valencian Community (Spain), as an instrument to incorporate the framework of social determinants and health inequalities in the policies issued by the different departments of the Valencian government. The proposal involves: 1) political commitment, with legislative and strategic planning actions; 2) the creation of structures to allow intersectoral collaboration, with the establishment of the health impact assessment commission and the intersectoral technical committee; and 3) the design and validation of a tool for the simplified health impact assessment of non-health policies adapted to the Valencian Community. We highlight the importance of the participatory methodology used in the whole process and the potential of the health impact assessment for the development of public policies oriented to improve health and equity.