Massage physiotherapists can now carry out your prevention assessment

Who can benefit from the My Prevention Assessment program?

These free prevention appointments, deployed throughout France since 2024, are intended for people affiliated to the Health Insurance belonging to one of these 4 age groups:

• 18-25 years;
• 45-50 years;
• 60-65 years;
• 70-75 years.

After doctors, nurses, pharmacists and midwives, massage therapists strengthen the network of professionals who can carry out these assessments. During this appointment, you can benefit from a personalized interview about your health.

The healthcare professional will talk to you about various topics: physical activity, diet, sleep, addictions, vaccination, screenings and mental health.

At the end of the appointment, a personalized prevention plan can be developed with the healthcare professional.

The arrival of massage therapists in the device should strengthen access to prevention through their expertise in physical activity, musculoskeletal health and prevention of loss of autonomy.

Why carry out a prevention assessment?

This appointment allows you to discuss with a health professional on several points concerning your health:

• your personal and family medical history;
• your diet and physical activity;
• your possible use of tobacco, alcohol or other substances;
• your sleep;
• your mental health and social well-being;
• your sexual health;
• your vaccinations;
• screenings adapted to your age and situation;
• risk factors for chronic diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, etc.).

How does the assessment work?

Make an appointment with the healthcare professional you have chosen.

Before the appointment, you must fill in a self-questionnaire corresponding to your age group. This document is available by logging into My health space. Its filling is not mandatory but facilitates exchanges during the appointment.

You will need to bring this questionnaire during the prevention appointment as well as documents concerning your health (last blood test, vaccination record, possible results).

The assessment takes place in 3 stages (allow a maximum of 30 to 45 minutes):

1. Identifying individual risks (notably through the self-questionnaire).
2. Joint prioritization of one or two topics prevention concerning you, following a decision shared between you and the healthcare professional.
3. Drafting a personalized prevention plan (PPP), drafted jointly with the healthcare professional. This PPP indicates: the priority objectives for your health, the obstacles related to the conduct of lifestyle change, concrete actions to be implemented, resources and stakeholders that the patient can consult (doctors, sports associations, etc.)