File:Fleet and Marine Corps Health Risk Assessment Annual Report, 2012 (IA 2012HRAFINAL).pdf

The Fleet and Marine Corps Health Risk Appraisal is a 22-question self-assessment of many of the most common health risks. It supports preventive health screening and counseling by healthcare providers during the annual Periodic Health Assessment (PHA), provides individual members with credible sources of health information on the Web, provides data to health educators to plan and implement community interventions, and provides commanding officers at all levels with snapshots of their unit profiles.

Table of Contents
Background............................................................................................3
Methods ...............................................................................................4
Results ...................................................................................6
Demographic Analyses Results..................................................6
HRA Risk Factor Analysis.................................................................14
BMI Status ...........................................................................14
Distribution of “Healthy” Versus “Unhealthy” Responses .............15
Distribution of Risk Categories........................................23
Change in Healthy Responses ..................................................24
Perception of Health .......................................................26
Mean Risk by Demographic Variables......................................29
Days Away from Home Station ................................................33
Days Away from Home Station and Mean Risk ..............................36
Days Away from Home Station and Risk Score...............................36
Days Away from Home Station and Unhealthy Behaviors ............37
Discussion...........................................43
Strengths and Limitations .................................43
Demographics...........................................................44
Risk Factors..............................................44
Days Away from Home .................................................45
Conclusion.........................................................................45

Fleet and Marine Corps HRA Sexual Health Supplement, CY 2012
Executive Summary
The Fleet and Marine Corps Health Risk Appraisal (HRA) is a 22-question self-assessment of many of the most common health risks. It supports preventive health screening and counseling by healthcare providers during the annual Periodic Health Assessment (PHA), provides individual members with credible sources of health information on the Web, provides data to health educators to plan and implement community interventions, and provides commanding officers at all levels with snapshots of their unit profiles.