3 Focus Groups Faculty Interviews 23-item Questionnaire

Sent to 3,820 Employees 496 Responses

Research Design

Theoretical Framework

Incentives Participation

Barriers

Healthy Employees

Reduce Health Care

Costs

Increase Productivity

Demographics

2%16%

21%

43%

18%

Age Groups of Respondents

<25 26-35 36-45 46-60 60+

Gender/Age

Demographics

Employee Classification/Campus Location

Awareness/ParticipationHow familiar are employees with the USU Be Well Program?

To what degree are you familiar with the USU Be Well Program (Scale: 0=Not Familiar to 10=Very Familiar)

Response % Not

Familiar 0

23 5%

1

23 5% 2

24 5% 3

33 7% 4

29 6% Somewhat

Familiar 5

64 13%

6

56 11% 7

77 16% 8

75 15% 9

44 9% Very

Familiar 10

47 9%

Total 495 100%

49% are familiar

22% are unfamiliar

Awareness/ParticipationHow familiar are employees with Health Advocate?

17% familiar

67% unfamiliar

Awareness/ParticipationHow often do employees participate in USU Be Well Activities?

How often do you participate in the USU Be Well activities?

Question Never Rarely Sometimes Often Total

Responses Mean

Brown Bag Seminars

76% 17% 7% 0.8% 489 1.33

Challenges 57% 19% 20% 4% 491 1.70 Facilities (e.g. gym and pool)

48% 20% 15% 16% 491 1.99

Fitness Assessment 60% 20% 17% 3% 492 1.64

Fitness Classes

69% 13% 10% 8% 493 1.56

Flu Shot Clinic

41% 5% 12% 43% 492 2.56

Nutrition Consultation

82% 14% 3% 0.2% 492 1.21

Wellness Expo 52% 14% 19% 15% 493 1.97

55%

34%

31%

93%

96%

82%

Awareness/ParticipationHow often do USU employees use Health Advocate Services?

BarriersWhat factors inhibit USU employees from participating in the USU Employee Fitness Center?

To what degree do the following inhibit you from participating in the USU Employee Fitness Center?

Answer Average Value

Standard Deviation Responses

Availability of Facilities (Hours)

5.14 3.82 431

Inconvenient Class Times 5.62 3.55 412

Not Receiving Wellness Notifications

3.59 3.17 387

Condition of Facilities 3.58 3.35 385

Parking Availability and Cost

3.99 3.69 385

Intimidated to Start 3.78 3.54 380

BarriersDo USU employees use Off Campus Facilities?

Why do employees use Off Campus Facilities?

Do you routinely use an off campus exercise facility? Answer

Response % Yes

180 37% No

313 63% Total 493 100%

Which of the following factor(s) influence you to use an off-campus facility versus the on-campus facilities? Check all that apply.

Answer Response

Location

206 57%

Hours

225 63%

Parking

123 34%

Condition of Facility

128 36%

Amenities

103 29%

Other

110 31%

BarriersWhat hours are more convenient for USU employees?

IncentivesWhat changes would encourage you to participate more fully in the USU Employee Fitness Center?

Incentives

Incentives

Incentives

Table 28

Age Mean 25 and under 7.08 26-35 5.32 36-45 4.79 46-60 4.99 60+ 4.1 F=4.208 p=.002

Merchandise

Table 29

Classification Mean Non-Exempt 5.72 Exempt 4.93 Faculty 4.1 F=12.375 p=.000

IncentivesRank the following incentives from 1 (most effective) to 4 (least effective).

Rank the following incentives from Most Effective to Least Effective in Increasing your Participation

Answer 1 2 3 4 Means

Gift Cards 33% 30% 28% 8% 2.11 Merchandise 4% 21% 37% 37% 3.07 Medical Plan Premium 47% 24% 19% 11% 1.93

Subsidized Membership at Facility of Your Choice

15% 25% 16% 44% 2.89

Total # of Responses 457 457 457 457 2.50

IncentivesRank the following incentives from 1 (most effective) to 4 (least effective).

What is the minimum incentive value that would motivate you to participate in the USU Be Well Program?

Question Definitely will not

Probably will not

Don’t know

Probably will

Definitely will

Total Responses Mean

$25 value 19% 24% 24% 26% 7% 479 2.79

$50 value 10% 14% 23% 36% 18% 476 3.38

$75 value 8% 5% 15% 39% 32% 474 3.83

$100 value

6% 3% 11% 26% 54% 476 4.21

Health Care Shopper

Information Rank the following from most preferred to least preferred in terms of how you

would like to receive notifications about the USU Be Well Program? (1 being the most preferred and 5 being the least preferred)

Answer 1 2 3 4 5 Mean Email 86% 7% 3% 1% 2% 1.25 Newsletters 9% 63% 21% 6% 1% 2.27 Adding Notices to PEA and CEA Newsletters

1% 7% 33% 25% 34% 3.84

Department Meetings

3% 9% 22% 38% 28% 3.79

Paper Handouts

1% 13% 21% 29% 36% 3.85

Total 382 382 382 382 382 3.00

Open ResponsesIf you have any additional suggestions or comments in regard to the USU Be Well Program please enter them below.

1. Stress management workshops (43 responses)

2. Financial workshops (27 responses)3. Wider variety of programs (16 responses)4. Flexible hours (16 responses)

Open ResponsesWhat changes would you like to see in the USU Be Well Program? e.g. Music therapy, art therapy, financial workshops, stress management etc.

• Need for longer breaks to participate in the USU Be Well Program

• Improvements of the facilities• Larger varieties of classes and class times• Incentives• More information about wellness• Increased advertising of the USU Be Well Program• USU Eastern and USU Regional Campuses and/or

Extensions would like more options to access the program and facilities

USU HR Professionals: Mickelle Anderson, MSHR, PHR Nicole Jackson, MS

Team Advisor: Dr. Steven Hanks, Ph. D.

HR Research Group Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Associates:

Joshua Corbridge Lauren Wagner Nancy Godfrey Taryn Rose

Members of Research Team