Is the Sustainable Health Questionnaire scoring methodology the same as with the Stanford Health Questionnaire?
For all practical purposes it is. Four questions were changed. Six questions relating to types of fat used in cooking and eating were simplified into 3 questions. Statistical analysis showed that the scoring from these six items were not contributing useful information. In addition, the CRA had a question on family history that was deleted. The US Department of Justice recently issued a regulation that it is a violation of federal law for worksite wellness programs to ask questions relating to genetic history. In the past, the CRA asked a question on family history that was worth a few points, and we simply elected to delete the question. In our view, removing these questions does not meaningfully impact the Overall Score, because these questions are worth only a small number of points. Sustainable Health Systems spent a substantial amount of time comparing the SHQ to the CRA to assure that the SHQ accurately tracks with the CRA. The score will be close but not exactly identical becaus
