Health Inventory
Filed Under Naturopathy |
The health inventory provides baseline information that can assist your health care provider in determining potential risk factors. You can develop your own health inventory by incorporating data such as demographics (age, height, weight); lifestyle (physical activities, alcohol and smoking consumption, eating habits, and stress-relieving activities), hospitalizations (outpatient procedures and surgeries), medical history (past and current medical problems); and medication history (including prescription, over-the-counter, herbal, and homeopathic remedies). The health inventory can be adjusted to include whatever data you feel is important for your health care provider to know about you and your family. Keep the health inventory current and make copies for all of your health care providers.
Once the health inventory is completed, each family member then develops their individual health goal table. The health goal table is a plan of health. What is it that I want for my body? For example, if you have chronic back pain, one of your health goals might be to reduce or eliminate that back pain. Make the goal and the action plan reasonable and feasible or else you won’t implement it. Health goals need to be reviewed and updated regularly. You can best determine the frequency of those reviews with your health care practitioner. Be health wise and take control. You’ll be glad you did.
In health and wellness,
Dr. Mundorff
