scholarly journals Commentary: 20 years online with “Your Disease Risk”

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham A. Colditz ◽  
Hank Dart
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Personalized Health

Abstract The Your Disease Risk tool (yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu) went live to the public in January 2000 and was one of the first personalized health risk assessment sites on the Internet. Its launch marked the culmination of years of work by a large, multi-disciplinary university team whose primary goal was to translate the science on cancer prevention into accurate, engaging, and useful messages for the public. Today, 20 years on, Your Disease Risk has expanded from its initial four cancers to include 18 different tools designed for today’s users. This commentary reviews important moments and lessons learned in the first two decades of Your Disease Risk.

scholarly journals Can an Internet-Based Health Risk Assessment Highlight Problems of Heart Disease Risk Factor Awareness? A Cross-Sectional Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e106
Author(s):  
Justin B Dickerson ◽  
Catherine J McNeal ◽  
Ginger Tsai ◽  
Cathleen M Rivera ◽  
Matthew Lee Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Disease Risk Factor ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
Heart Disease Risk

Advancing Employee Engagement Through a Healthy Workplace Strategy

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Seymour ◽  
Kathryne Dupré
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Employee Health ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Workplace Culture ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Healthy Workplace

Background In recent years, there has been increased focus on improving the quality of the working lives of staff in health care organizations. Research shows that improvements can be achieved through a comprehensive organizational approach to workplace health. Improved worker engagement is a realizable outcome of such an approach, provided that it is based on reliable and relevant data and is tailored to the specific environment in which it is being implemented. Assessment of problem An intervention project was designed to develop an organization-wide approach to employee workplace health. A comprehensive health risk assessment was undertaken, along with a staff survey on workplace culture, individual health practice and environmental effects on physical health. Results In general, the findings present a positive picture of the culture and factors that influence psychological wellbeing. However, improvement is needed in some areas: satisfaction is only marginally outweighing stress, and musculoskeletal disorders account for much absenteeism. Employee health needs include weight management, improving fitness and nutrition, and decreasing coronary risk. Strategies for change Results have prompted this organization to pursue the development of a Healthy Workplace Policy that will be used as a filter for all other policies relating to workplace culture, environment and practice, and have provided the impetus and focus to review the organization of employee health services. Lessons learned Three major administrative activities are necessary to move from planning to sustained action: ensure adherence of all staff to any policy derived from a health risk assessment; ensure staff feel proposed changes are relevant and important; and create a road map to guide the development of a strategic and an implementation plan. The findings outlined in this report can be addressed by organizations that are willing to commit to a comprehensive approach to workplace health.

scholarly journals Lessons learned: Needs for improving human health risk assessment at USDOE Sites

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.D. Hamilton ◽  
S. Holtzman ◽  
A.F. Meinhold ◽  
S.C. Morris ◽  
M.D. Rowe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Lessons Learned

Integrating toxicogenomics into human health risk assessment: Lessons learned from the benzo[a]pyrene case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai L. Chepelev ◽  
Ivy D. Moffat ◽  
Sarah Labib ◽  
Julie Bourdon-Lacombe ◽  
Byron Kuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Lessons Learned

Health Risk Assessment of Airborne Microbes in the Public Facilities

Epidemiology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. S253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Jin Lee ◽  
Soo-Hwaun Kim ◽  
Hee-Jung Kim ◽  
Seong-Hwan Kim ◽  
Geum-Ran Ahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Airborne Microbes
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