The Ripple Effect: Ways to Make Health in All Policies Stick in Kansas and Beyond to Enhance Health and Equity

Understanding the Impact: Decisions and Health

Decisions made at all levels — organizational, governmental or public sector — not only shape how our community looks but also how we experience everyday life and the subsequent impacts on health. Many decisions are implemented through policies and regulations. Often, the potential connections between these decisions and their effects on health are not immediately clear. If questions about these connections are not asked and time is not taken to understand them, there is a risk of passing policies and developing projects that have an unintended negative impact on health, or that miss an opportunity to have a greater positive impact. Embracing and centering a Health in All Policies (HiAP)...