In health impact assessment, whose findings inform policy decisions?

• A. Decision makers
• B. Patients
• C. Journalists
• D. Vendors

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that health impact assessments are aimed at those who have the authority to enact changes. The findings and recommendations are prepared to inform decision makers who can approve, modify, or reject policies or plans. These decision makers are typically policymakers, government officials, planning authorities, or agency leaders who must weigh evidence, trade-offs, and resource implications to shape policy that affects population health.

Patients may be affected by the outcomes, but they don’t usually have formal power to decide policy. Journalists report on findings and inform the public, and vendors have interests related to implementation, but neither group serves as the audience that decides policy.