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Data for a city-level health impact assessment of urban transport in Mauritius
Thondoo, M. Rojas-Rueda, D. de Vries, D. Naraynen, N. Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J. Gupta, J.
Thondoo, M.
Rojas-Rueda, D.
de Vries, D.
Naraynen, N.
Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J.
Gupta, J.
Abstract
Participatory quantitative Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in developing countries are rare partly due to data scarcity. This paper reports on primary data collected in the city of Port Louis to complete a HIA of urban transport planning in Mauritius. We conducted a full-chain participatory HIA to assess health impacts on the basis of a transport mode shift in Port Louis, Mauritius [1]. By applying mixed-methods, we estimated averted deaths per year and economic outcomes by assessing the health determinants of air pollution, traffic deaths and physical activity. The participatory quantitative HIA included [1] baseline data collection [2] co-validation of transport policy scenarios with stakeholders and [3] quantitative modelling of health impacts. We used the risk assessment method for HIA appraisal. The data can be reused for epidemiological analysis and different types of impact assessments.
Keywords
urban transport planning, health impact assessments, Africa, air pollution, physical activity, traffic deaths
Date
2021
Type
Journal article
Journal
Data in Brief
Book
Volume
34
Issue
Page Range
1-4
Article Number
Article 106658
ACU Department
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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