Comprehensive health assessment: an algorithmic model

Most professional communities advocate and employ an assessment of some kind before initiating an action of change. The closer that health promotion programs parallel such models, the easier it will be for their products to be accepted in the health community. This article describes such a comprehensive algorithmic health assessment model, applicable to therapeutic recreation. The focus of the model is on the conceptual interplay between health assessment and the design of prescriptive health promotion plans that are tailored to the individual client. References and general recommendations for applying this model to special populations are provided.