Health and the environment belong in the same box: why health impact assessments belong in environmental assessments

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other health organizations advocate for the inclusion of human health impact assessments within federal environmental reviews to address the link between ecological decline and public health.

• The document asserts that the health of human civilization is inextricably linked to the state of natural systems, citing the World Health Organization's designation of climate change as the "greatest threat to global health in the 21st century."
• The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), and other health professionals have formally requested that the Federal Government integrate comprehensive human health impact assessments into its Environmental Assessment (EA) processes.

APA

Howard, C., Hancock, T., & Rattle, R. (2017). Health and the environment belong in the same box: why health impact assessments belong in environmental assessments. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/health-and-the-environment-belong-in-the-same-box-why-health-impact-assessments-belong-in-environmental-assessments/

Chicago

Howard, Courtney, Trevor Hancock, and Robert Rattle. Health and the environment belong in the same box: why health impact assessments belong in environmental assessments. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2017. https://cape.ca/health-and-the-environment-belong-in-the-same-box-why-health-impact-assessments-belong-in-environmental-assessments/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Howard |first1=Courtney |last2=Hancock |first2=Trevor |last3=Rattle |first3=Robert |title=Health and the environment belong in the same box: why health impact assessments belong in environmental assessments |publisher=Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment |date=3 January 2017 |url=https://cape.ca/health-and-the-environment-belong-in-the-same-box-why-health-impact-assessments-belong-in-environmental-assessments/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{howard2017health, author = {Howard, Courtney and Hancock, Trevor and Rattle, Robert}, title = {{Health and the environment belong in the same box: why health impact assessments belong in environmental assessments}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2017}, month = jan, url = {https://cape.ca/health-and-the-environment-belong-in-the-same-box-why-health-impact-assessments-belong-in-environmental-assessments/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }