title: Selected barriers and incentives for worksite health promotion services and policies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess employees'attitudes toward potential barriers to and incentives for their likely use of worksite health promotion services.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the 2004 HealthStyles Survey, a volunteer mail survey, were used to examine selected barriers to, incentives for, and potential use of worksite health promotion programs among adults employed full-time or part-time outside the home (n = 2337).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respondents were 72.7% white and 52.1 % female; 36.5 % were college graduates, 30.7% had a body mass index of at least 30, and 35.6% were regularly active. The most common reported barriers to use of worksite services were no time during the workday (42.5 %) and no time before or after work (39.4%). More than 70% of employees responded that the following incentives would promote their interest in participating in a free worksite wellness program: convenient time, convenient location, and employer-provided paid time off during the workday. Preferred health promotion services reported by respondents were fitness centers (80.6%), weight loss programs (67.1 %), and on-site exercise classes (55.2 %). Policy practices of paid time to exercise at work and healthy vending or cafeteria food choices were preferred by almost 80% of employees.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These HealthStyles Survey data, in combination with needs data from an employer's own workforce, may help employers design wellness programs to include features that attract employees.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K-46, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA. jkruger@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kruger
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Yore
authors.forename: Deborah R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Harold W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kohl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D020446:Fitness Centers; D015438:Health Behavior; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors