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Margit
Ohr
International Policy Fellow 2002–2003
and 2003–2004.
Center for Policy Studies, Central European University
Open Society Institute |
Developing capacity in cross-sectoral governance: opportunities
and barriers to the use of health impact assessment in Hungary.
Looking at current practice in Hungary in the context of preparation
for EU accession, this research proposal asks:
Do policy makers currently consider the health impacts of non-health
sector policy? -
What capacity exists within Hungary to use health
impact assessment methodology as a systematic means of appraising
the potential and actual impact of policy?
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What action could be taken to improve understanding,
confidence and expertise in health impact assessment?
Despite the adoption of at least four public health strategies since
1989, health inequalities in Hungary have become wider during the
transition to a market economy. The country currently has one of the
lowest levels of life expectancy and poorest premature mortality rates
for males in the Central and Eastern European region. At the same
time, Hungary isexperiencing steady economic growth and is an EU accession
country. This raises a basic question about how, from a public health
perspective, this economic and political transition can be managed
in order to minimise its negative health impacts especially on the
most vulnerable groups in society.
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