The development of health risk appraisal for Japanese as a new health educational tool
Nakamura, M.; Miura, M.; Oshima, A.; Akiba, S.; Mizuno, S.; Mabuchi, H.
Gan No Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 35(2): 177-181
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 2704125 Document Number: 327057
Health risk appraisal (HRA) is a new health educational tool widely-used in the United States, which informs clients about how their health habits and lifestyles affect their probability of dying from potentially preventable causes and helps to motivate them to reduce their personal health risks. It personalizes mortality statistics and epidemiologic data by combining these data with a person's risk factors. We have got started the development of HRA for Japanese with reference to a new version of HRA named "Healthier People" revised by the Carter Center of Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control in the United States.