FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why We Need Health-Informed Policies and Decision-Making -- 3 Elements of a Health Impact Assessment -- 4 Current Issues and Challenges in the Development and Practice of Health Impact Assessment -- 5 Structures and Policies for Promoting Health Impact Assessment -- Appendix A: Experiences with Health Impact Assessment -- Appendix B: Biographic Information on the Committee on Health Impact Assessment -- Appendix C: Statement of Task of the Committee on Health Impact Assessment -- Appendix D: Glossary -- Appendix E: Summary of Health Impact Assessment Guides -- Appendix F: Analysis of Health Effects under the National Environmental Policy Act.