Data for a city-level health impact assessment of urban transport in Mauritius

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...

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Published inData in brief Vol. 34; p. 106658
Main Authors Thondoo, M., Rojas-Rueda, D., de Vries, D., Naraynen, N., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J., Gupta, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.02.2021
Elsevier
Subjects
Africa
Air pollution
Data
Health impact assessments
Physical activity
Traffic deaths
Urban transport planning
Air pollution
Traffic deaths
Physical activity
Urban transport planning
Health impact assessments
Africa
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2352-3409
2352-3409
DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106658