Publications - Type - Archived Reports

Occasional Paper No 29 - Migrant Health in North East England

North East England is the smallest and least diverse of the nine English regions. Since 1999 it has received more than ten thousand asylum seekers, several thousand migrant workers; and growing numbers of overseas students.

OP1 - An Overview of Health Impact Assessment

This paper, published in May 2001, provides a brief summary of the literature on Health Impact Assessment (HIA), outlines the benefits and constraints of undertaking HIA at local level, identifies resources/toolkits to support HIA and specifies roles for the Public Health Observatory and the Health Development Agency.