Preventative Health Screenings

There are four numbers that your primary care physician generally checks: blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, and BMI/weight. Why? These numbers offer a glimpse into your current health and tell a crucial story about your overall well-being.

These numbers determine your risk for various diseases and conditions, including diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular ailments. It's important to monitor these numbers to maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent future diseases.

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Blood Pressure

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Diabetes

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Heart Disease

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Weight Management

Take Charge of your Health

Schedule a Mini-Health Screening

This 20-minute general screening is available to benefits-eligible employees at no cost once per calendar year. The screening includes:

  • A fasting blood test.
  • A hemoglobin A1C test.
  • Height, weight, and waist circumference measurements.
  • Blood pressure measurement.
  • Osteoporosis and bone density screening.
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen, or PSA, screening. 

You'll receive your results within 10 days of your appointment and are kept completely confidential.

Get Regular Health Check-Ins

Knowing your numbers is one of the best ways to evaluate your health by identifying your risk and providing motivation for managing your health.

Use these regular check-ins to monitor your health so you can keep on your path to your best health. These free 10-minute health checks include:

  • Body composition analysis
  • Waist circumference measurement
  • Blood pressure check
  • Brief discussion with a trained health professional

Increase Your Knowledge

The Know Your Health Numbers webinars are an opportunity to learn about lifestyle behaviors that can reduce the risk of long-term disease. This series might be right for you if you want to avoid the difficulties of heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure or maintain a healthy weight. Focusing on changing behaviors is important if other family members have any of the preventable diseases. 

The Know Your Health Numbers workshops series:

  • Prevent Heart Disease
  • Prevent Diabetes
  • Prevent High Blood Pressure
  • Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Additional Options & Screenings

Off-Campus Options

  • ADOA hosts other clinics for state employees in Tucson and other locations around Arizona.

  • You can also schedule an onsite Mini-Health Screening for campuses outside of Tucson

Breast Cancer Screening

Benefits-eligible University of Arizona employees and spouses covered by their medical insurance can receive a quick, confidential breast cancer screening each year through the Mobile On-site Mammography service. This session includes a full-field, 3D digital mammogram with computer-aided detection. 

 

Prostate Cancer Screening

Benefits-eligible University of Arizona employees and spouses covered by their medical insurance can receive a confidential prostate cancer screening free of charge. The screening includes a prostate-specific antigen blood draw, digital rectal exam, and testicular exam followed by a board-certified urologist consultation.

Contact Us

Have questions about this program?

Connect with the Life & Work Connections Team
Phone: 520-621-2493
Email: lifework@arizona.edu

Have questions about your benefits?

Connect with the HR Solutions team
hr.arizona.edu/contact-us