Health Risk Appraisal

Health Risk Appraisal

Introduction

The rate of chronic illnesses is increasing in United States day by day. Health risk appraisal process identifies, analyzes, and evaluates the factors of this chronic sickness; and ultimately tailors the life of the population to reduce the chances of disease occurrence. This system improves the quality health life ethically, safely and legally.

Discussion

Health Risk Appraisal

Health risk appraisal is a systematic approach for the collection of data regarding risk factors, feedback of customers and interventions in order to support safe and legal practice in the healthcare system. Moreover, this approach helps in the prevention of diseases. HRA is unique assessment tool that evaluates and analyzes the data at the level of individual. Each individual is capable of generating and implementing the verdict about his lifestyle (Paul Shekelle et al, 2003).

Elements of Health Risk Appraisal

HRA system includes four parameters in the following sequence.

Collection of data

HRA gathers all the information of individual. It is the self-report of a person. HRA collects demographic information, family and personal medical history and particular lifestyle such as smoking, exercise and diet. It also obtains the cholesterol level, height, weight, blood pressure, mental health, job, stress perceived, and health quality of life. HRA has designed a questionnaire to get all these facts about the individuals.

Analysis of data

HRA estimates the risk to health with the aid of compiled data. On the basis of calculation, HRA assigns a risk score of each health issue. HRA identifies the specific risk factors.

Follow up or response

It is the vital element of HRA. After the identification of potential risks of health, HRA informs the individual about that factor and endorses him interventions in order to decrease those factors by improving the standard of living. Assessment

At the last stage, HRA ...