2015 Volume 42 Issue 6 Pages 637-649
1. Aim and objectives:
This report is about “NavBEE”, a health literacy checkup program for mind and body which has been developed for promoting primary health care effectively.
It can be used in medical centers as well as by both companies and health insurance societies.
2. Method:
The NavBEE checkup consists of the following components.
1) Profile: Name, Date of birth, Height, Weight, (BMI), Personality
2) Lifestyle: drinking, smoking, exercise, sleep, dietary habits behavior modification, health guidance.
3) Test results: 19 items from health check (Metabolic judgment, Abdominal circumference, blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, HbA1c, Total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglyceride, AST (GOT), ALT (GPT), γ-GTP, uric acid, Creatinine, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Urine sugar, Urine protein, Occult stool blood).
4). Current medical history: Illnesses or conditions which are already being treated (Stroke, Heart disease, Renal insufficiency, Anemia, High blood pressure, Hyperglycemia, Lipid abnormality).
5). Mental checkup: ① Mental health state - checking the mental state. ② Stress check- checking the variety and degree of stress. ③ Coping style - showing coping behavior. ④ Survival capacity- checking on resilience.
3. Results:
The results are collated from an individual’s input data and presented visually in illustrations of bees. In this way, it is easy for users to check and recognize their psychological and physical state by themselves. Therefore, action to transform health is promoted.
“Mental health state“ is assessed by a series of positive questions. The stimulative impression to a testee is low. NavBEE is suitable for a clinical survey medical examination.
Mental health state is correlated with SDS (Self-rating Depression Scale). The Cronbach alpha level is 0.86.
4. Discussion:
It is important that one’s psychological and physical health condition should be recognized by oneself. Health literacy is necessary for making appropriate decisions about health. It is difficult for an individual who is not sick to acquire the custom of looking back on health. It is necessary for an organization to raise personal health literacy, and the development of an organization’s interest toward health is necessary. The accumulation of a log history can become an effective tool for health guidance.
NavBEE can become a tool for increasing the health literacy of an organization.
The point of view of work-life balance is important, and it is necessary to assess psychological and physical health by means of a clinical survey.
