title: Analyzing best practices in employee health management: how age, sex, and program components relate to employee engagement and health outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examine the influence of employee health management (EHM) best practices on registration, participation, and health behavior change in telephone-based coaching programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Individual health assessment data, EHM program data, and health coaching participation data were analyzed for associations with coaching program enrollment, active participation, and risk reduction. Multivariate analyses occurred at the individual (n = 205,672) and company levels (n = 55).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Considerable differences were found in how age and sex impacted typical EHM evaluation metrics. Cash incentives for the health assessment were associated with more risk reduction for men than for women. Providing either a noncash or a benefits-integrated incentive for completing the health assessment, or a noncash incentive for lifestyle management, strengthened the relationship between age and risk reduction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In EHM programs, one size does not fit all. These results can help employers tailor engagement strategies for their specific population.
authors.affiliation: StayWell Health Management, St. Paul, MN 55121, USA.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Terry
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grossmeier
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mangen
authors.forename: Stefan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gingerich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016272:Occupational Health; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States