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Visie van professionals: burgerparticipatie binnen Health Impact Assessment

Perceptions of professionals regarding citizen participation in Health Impact Assessment

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Burgerparticipatie is een actiepunt op veel gemeentelijke beleidsagenda’s. In het kader van integraal gezondheidsbeleid en de nieuwe Omgevingswet wordt burgerparticipatie steeds belangrijker. Om deze reden is de perceptie van professionals met betrekking tot burgerparticipatie binnen Health Impact Assessment [HIA] onderzocht. Hiertoe zijn individuele interviews met zeven professionals en drie focusgroepgesprekken met twintig professionals gehouden die actief zijn op het gebied van HIA en geworven zijn via het netwerk van het RIVM. De professionals vinden het huidige niveau van burgerparticipatie te laag en willen burgers meer, en in een vroeg stadium, betrekken bij HIA in Nederland. Burgerparticipatie in HIA zorgt voor een groter draagvlak voor (toekomstig) beleid en draagt bij aan kennis ten behoeve van integraal gezondheidsbeleid. De vraag hoe burgerparticipatie in HIA praktisch moet worden uitgevoerd blijft deels onbeantwoord. Twijfels over de kennis en de capaciteiten van burgers spelen hierbij een grote rol.

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In many municipal policy strategies in the Netherlands, citizen participation is a key issue. Participation has become more and more important in the framework of Health in All Policies (HiAP) and the new Environment Act. Perceptions of professionals regarding citizen participation in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) were explored by conducting interviews with seven professionals and three focus group sessions (with a total of twenty professionals), all active in the field of HIA. All professionals were recruited through the network of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. The professionals consider the current level of citizen participation within HIA as insufficient; they prefer a higher level of citizen participation in HIA, that should also take place earlier in the process. Citizen participation is considered to enhance the support basis for policies and to contribute to HiAP. However, the question how citizens should be engaged in practice remained partly unanswered, due to doubts about knowledge and capabilities of citizens.

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  1. Leerstoelgroep Gezondheid en Maatschappij, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Nederland

    Angeliek Verdonschot & Annemarie Wagemakers

  2. Centrum voor Voeding, Preventie en Zorg, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Bilthoven, Nederland

    Lea den Broeder

  3. Faculteit Gezondheid, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Nederland

    Lea den Broeder

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Verdonschot, A., Wagemakers, A. & den Broeder, L. Visie van professionals: burgerparticipatie binnen Health Impact Assessment. Tijdschr Gezondheidswet 96, 159–165 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12508-018-0138-x

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