Health Assessment
The Personal Health Assessment, or PHA, is a health questionnaire developed by the ActivHealth and Duke teams to collect pertinent health and lifestyle information. Access is only available to authorize participants and administrators and the privacy of each account is protected via unique Usernames and Passwords established by each User. The data collected by this assessment is used to describe health risks at an individual and group level, assign relevant health and wellness lessons to Users, and provide data for research by the Duke team.
The Personal Health Assessment has approximately 130 questions that collect information on the User’s current health, personal health history, family health history, lifestyle, and health habits. A User is required to answer the majority of the questions on the PHA prior to being able to successfully submit the form. Non-required questions include questions such as those that ask for specific laboratory values. All answers to PHA questions are referred to as Risk Factors throughout The PHD Network system.
Since the assessment is used to define a User’s health risks and to personalize the education information each User receives, Users are encouraged to answer each question as accurately as possible. The more information provided the more accurate and appropriate the current health and disease risk charts and lesson assignments will be. All assessment results are saved and Users are able to view these at any time through their on-line Individual PHD Menu Page.