2. What is Health Impact Assessment
(HIA) and importance
Healthy places are those designed and built to improve the quality of life for
all people who live, work, worship, learn, and play within their borders
Health impact assessment (HIA) is a tool that can help communities, decision
makers, and practitioners make choices that improve public health through
community design
HIA is a process that helps evaluate the potential health effects of a plan,
project, or policy before it is built or implemented
HIA brings potential positive and negative public health impacts and
considerations to the decision-making process for plans, projects, and policies
that fall outside traditional public health arenas, such as transportation and
land use
4. ‘Club Gooong’ The village center
Club Googong is the recreational centre and heart of North Googng community
where neighbourhoods meet and The club is conveniently located on the town’s
entry street, next to Beltana Park.
Its has wide range of facilities like
Café
Gym
Swimming pool
Meeting place
tennis courts,
children's playground,
amphitheatre,
barbeques, pathways,
waterways and boardwalks
7. Rate the access facilities
The footpaths are well connected
Well maintained
Plenty of room to walk around
Easy access for people of various needs like
Pram or stroller friendly
Wheel chair friendly and easy for an elderly person with walking stick
9. shades
• Not much shades at present
as it is an emerging township
on walk paths
• The trees are planted and
well looked after on the
streets and walkways
• Seating is plenty but shade is
very limited
10. Safety
Very safe to visit during day
time and night time but some
issues are evident
Narrow roads
some danger to pedestrians
and cyclists from vehicles
No pedestrian crossing in
front of the club house
Lots of construction around
so noise and dust is an issue
11. Transport
facilities
School bus is available on School
times
Ample of storage and safe
parking facilities for Bicycles
Bus station near to the club
house
12. Food
facilities
• Only a small general store
• Small café with coffee,
wraps, salads and burger ,
pizza
• Some choices but not all are
healthy
• Good quality
• Slightly expensive
13. Places to meet or
socialise
Ample of free space
Indoors and outdoors
Pleasant outlook
Adequate Seating
Plenty of green space
14. Recommendations
Need good public transport
Pedestrian cross line for public
Some artificial Shades to be introduced to the play area
More affordable and variety of food in the café
Fresh food market
16. References
Centres for disease control and prevention ,2016, Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/hia.htm
Googong Belong,2017 retrieved from http://googong.net/your-life-at-
googong/club-googong.php
