The inclusion of health in impact assessments: a case study in Geneva, Switzerland

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Table 1. The list of determinants of health used in our study.

Main categories	Specific categories
Physical environment
	Air
	Noise
	Water
	Soils
	Waste
	Landscapes
	Green spaces
	Energy
	Radiation
Socio-economic determinants
	Employment
	Income
	Working conditions
	Housing
	Social and functional diversity
	Education/Training
	Social interaction
	Safety
	Sense of safety
Lifestyle factors
	Physical activity
	Sedentary lifestyle
	Walking/cycling
	Leisure activities
	Food

Table 2. Results of the reviews regarding the types of impacts addressed in EIAs, SEAs and SAs.

Determinant of health	Number of EIA reports (N = 20) explicitly mentioning the determinant of health	Number of SEA reports (N = 11) explicitly mentioning the determinant of health	Number of SA reports (N = 6) explicitly mentioning the determinant of health	Determinant of health	Total number of explicit references to the determinant of health in EIA reports	Determinant of health	Total number of explicit references to the determinant of health in SEA reports	Determinant of health	Total number of explicit references to the determinant of health in SA reports
Physical environment
Air	20	11	3	Water	2324	Water	649	Soils	61
Noise	20	11	2	Noise	1576	Noise	526	Landscapes	49
Water	20	11	4	Waste	1552	Energy	373	Air	36
Soils	20	11	4	Soils	1256	Green spaces	306	Energy	26
Waste	20	11	0	Air	816	Waste	282	Noise	17
Landscapes	19	11	4	Green spaces	444	Soils	233	Water	8
Green spaces	19	11	2	Landscapes	289	Air	212	Green spaces	7
Energy	20	11	4	Energy	247	Landscapes	208	Waste	0
Radiation	20	7	0	Radiation	111	Radiation	37	Radiation	0
Socio-economic determinants
Employment	5	7	5	Housing	374	Housing	150	Income	72
Income	0	1	5	Safety	130	Employment	91	Safety	54
Working conditions	6	0	0	Education/Training	20	Safety	47	Employment	46
Housing	18	11	1	Social and functional diversity	14	Social and functional diversity	17	Housing	43
Social and functional diversity	4	7	0	Employment	9	Education/Training	6	Education/Training	20
Education/Training	11	3	4	Working conditions	6	Income	1	Social interaction	1
Social interaction	0	0	1	Sense of safety	1	Working conditions	0	Working conditions	0
Safety	17	7	5	Income	0	Social interaction	0	Social and functional diversity	0
Sense of safety	1	0	0	Social interaction	0	Sense of safety	0	Sense of safety	0
Lifestyle factors
Physical activity	0	0	1	Walking/cycling	54	Walking/cycling	92	Walking/cycling	33
Sedentary lifestyle	0	0	1	Leisure activities	29	Leisure activities	14	Leisure activities	2
Walking/cycling	11	10	1	Physical activity	0	Food	1	Physical activity	2
Leisure activities	12	4	2	Sedentary lifestyle	0	Physical activity	0	Sedentary lifestyle	1
Food	0	1	0	Food	0	Sedentary lifestyle	0	Food	0