The Impact on Factory Workers of Health Risk Appraisal and Counseling in Health Promotion

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

“…These results are consistent with previous literature that shows the use of HRA is an effective way to promote risk reduction and the adoption of healthy behaviors. 8,11,27,30,41,42 Nevertheless, due to small sample size generalization of this study may be limited. Further studies must consider larger study samples as well as re-administering the HRAs at 12 and 24 months to examine the long-term behavior changes.…”

“…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.…”

“…Ninety-seven percent of all participants reported that they would recommend the HRA to others. Study by Kellerman et al 30 found that 8 months after participants had received an HRA and met with a health educator, 93% reported having made changes to at least one health-related behavior. Other studies have shown that the use of HRA in worksite health promotion programs was beneficial.…”

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 .…”

“…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 . 1992, Mayer et al .…”