Evaluation of an Employee Health Risk Appraisal Program

The Role of Tailored Consultation Following Health-Risk Appraisals in Employees' Health Behavior

“…The consultations were based on self-monitoring, goal setting, self-efficacy, and building self-confidence. 15 These practices were consistent with constructs of the TTM. The construct of selfefficacy was employed by asking subjects to pick the areas in which they felt they are capable of making change.…”

“…It is estimated that approximately 15 million Americans have participated in HRA programs at different work settings. [11][12][13][14][15] The results of the present study reveal the effectiveness of HRA in making behavior changes in the areas of exercise, diet, and weight management. 28,29 Significant improvements were seen in our subjects in terms of movement through the TTM.…”

“…Implementation of HRA at the worksite has also been reported to be effective in improving healthrelated behavior by other investigators. 15,30 The tailored consultation appeared to promote physical activity and had positive relationship with improving eating behavior and overall lifestyle. 31 The use of individual consultations and interventions tailored to the level of an individual's SOC has been demonstrated to improve health behaviors in terms of forward movement through the TTM.…”

“…[11][12][13][14][15] These instruments typically collect epidemiological risk factors from each person and then calculates their risk for certain conditions based on general population at risk. The provision for HRA is the belief that by providing an individual with information about their risk for disease and possible death from such disease, the person will change behavior.…”

Health risk appraisal for older people in general practice using an expert system: a pilot study

“…Providing patients with HRA, in the form of a questionnaire‐based health assessment leading to computer‐generated individualised feedback on health risks given directly to the patient, can improve patient focus on behavioural targets and effect changes in some health behaviours (Kreuter & Strecher 1995). Furnishing patients with HRA feedback has been related to alterations in the amount they access certain preventive and other medical services, changes in a variety of health and risk behaviours, and in some cases, improvement of total risk scores over time (Breslow et al . 1990, Pilon & Renfroe 1990, Kellerman et al .…”