THE HEALTHIER PEOPLE NETWORK HEALTH RISK APPRAISAL PROGRAM
SELECTED REFERENCES
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WHAT IS A HEALTHRISK APPRAISAL?
THE MIDLIFE HPN HEALTH RISK APPRAISAL QUESTIONNAIRE (Available in Spanish)
CONTENT OF THE HPN OLDER ADULT HRA QUESTIONNAIRE (Available in Spanish)
A RISK APPRAISAL FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
WHAT CAN THE HPN HRA COMPUTER PROGRAM DO?
VALIDITY ISSUES
BACKGROUND OF HEALTH RISK APPRAISAL
SELECTED REFERENCES
ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN TAKING AN HRA
HOW CAN OUR ORGANIZATION ORDER THE HPN PROGRAM

Amler, R. W., & Dull, H. B. (Eds.). (1987). Closing the gap: The burden of unnecessary illness. The Carter Center of Emory University. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 3(5, suppl.).

Foege, W. H., & McGinnis, M. (1995).

Robbins, L. C., & Hall, J. H. (1970). How to practice prospective medicine. Indianapolis, IN: Methodist Hospital of Indiana.

Breslow, L., et al.: Risk Factor Update Project: Final Report. Atlanta Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Health Promotion and Education, 1985.

Amler, R. W., Moriarity, D. G., Hutchins, E.B. (eds.). HEALTHIER PEOPLE: The Carter Center of Emory University Health Risk Appraisal Program Guides and Documentation. Atlanta, Georgia, The Carter Center of Emory University, January, 1988.

Hutchins, E. B., The Healthier People Network Health Risk Appraisal, Version 6.0. Atlanta, Georgia, The Healthier People Network, Inc., November, 1997.

FRAMINGHAM REFERENCES

D'Agostino RB, Belanger AJ, Markson EW, Kelly-Hayes M, Wolf PA. Development of health risk appraisal functions in the presence of multiple indicators: the Framingham Study nursing home institutionalization model. Stat Med. 1995 Aug 30;14(16):1757-70.

D'Agostino RB, Russell MW, Huse DM, Ellison RC, Silbershatz H, Wilson PW, Hartz SC. Primary and subsequent coronary risk appraisal: new results from the Framingham study. Am Heart J. 2000 Feb;139(2 Pt 1):272-81.

Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Belanger AJ, Kannel WB. Probability of stroke: a risk profile from the Framingham Study. Stroke. 1991 Mar;22(3):312-8.

VALIDITY ISSUES

Meeker WC. A review of the validity and efficacy of the Health Risk Appraisal instrument. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1988 Apr;11(2):108-13.,

Kirscht JP. Process and measurement issues in health risk appraisal. Am J Public Health. 1989 Dec;79(12):1598-9. No abstract available.

HISTORY OF HRA

Robbins, L. C., & Hall, J. H. (1970). How to practice prospective medicine. Indianapolis, IN: Methodist Hospital of Indiana.

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