Are the potential positive and/or negative health and well-being impacts likely to affect specific sub groups disproportionately compared with the whole population?
Consider the whole population as well as specific sub groups and include consideration of future and intergenerational impacts. You will need to think about which groups in the population could be affected, such as disadvantaged or vulnerable groups. Negative impacts are likely to affect some social groups more than others e.g. the less affluent groups, age, gender or particular ethnic groups. The screening questions will have helped you to determine through which of the main determinants of health your policy will affect human health. The next step is to consider how widespread the impacts might be. There will always be the potential for a policy proposal to have a health and well-being impact. This question is designed to help you identify which factors have the potential to have a health and well-being impact for a particular proposal. In answering this question you need to consider not just the direct health impacts, but also the potential impacts of the wider determinants of healt
