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Assessing Health Risks
Personal Health Assessment
City of West Palm Beach
January 18, 2011
Our Personal Health Assessment (PHA) is a confidential and customized version of the
Trale health risk questionnaire that captures a range of information about an employee’s
health status. The PHA is the first step toward improving individual health awareness
because knowing health risks encourages the adoption of healthy lifestyle choices and
facilitates targeted support for those changes.
The following risk factors are identified through the PHA:
� Weight
� Exercise
� Nutrition
� Stress
� Smoking
� Alcohol
� Cancer
� Heart Disease
� Diabetes
� Cholesterol
� Blood Pressure
In addition to identifying risk factors, the PHA assesses readiness to change for each risk
factor. Available through a private and secure web link, the PHA takes approximately 15
minutes to complete, is available in English and Spanish, and is written at a 6th grade
reading level for easy comprehension.
Using algorithms based on current health protocols, the member’s health is scored and a
personalized report is provided that recommends actions to reduce risks and improve
health. The PHA also provides the clinic’s practitioners and wellness coach with rich data
that helps facilitate the delivery of targeted education and the development of care plans. In
addition, the data captured through the PHA establishes a baseline for measurement and
comparison year over year to track behavior change and health improvement on an
individual and group basis.
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