title: What factors influence participation in an exercise-focused, employer-based wellness program?
abstract: Following the recent introduction of an incentive-based, exercise-focused wellness program at a large public university, this paper investigates the factors that influence employees' behavior with respect to participation and regular exercise. Results suggest that an employee's probability of signing up for the program is related to her exercise behavior prior to the program's inception, the time cost of exercise, taste for fitness center exercise, and attitudes about the benefits and barriers of exercise. Employees who are older, male, and were regular fitness center exercisers prior to the program's inception are more likely to be regular exercisers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. abrah042@umn
authors.forename: Jean M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nyman
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barleen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult