Good HIA practice involves collaboration at every step.  The planning, conduct, and communication of an HIA all benefit from skills and strengths of diverse disciplines and organizations working together.  In addition, opportunities and needs for stakeholder participation exist at each stage in the HIA process.  Inclusive and meaningful participation of stakeholders helps the HIA process to identify relevant research questions, sources of data and information, and proposals for alternatives and mitigations.  As a result, collaboration and partnership are core principles of HIA practice.   Click here for a table of potential roles for stakeholders in the HIA process.

HIA Collaborative members both individually and collectively work with a diverse range of stakeholders to implement our HIA practice.  Stakeholders may include any individuals or groups with a known interest or perceived interest in the outcomes of a decision potentially subject to a HIA, such as sponsors of projects and policies, public health officials, government agencies responsible for policy implementation or enforcement, as well as community-based organizations, residents, and employers.  Below we describe some of the key partnerships we have engaged in as a Collaborative.