2.  3 Focus Groups
 Faculty Interviews
 23-item Questionnaire
 Sent to 3,820 Employees
 496 Responses
Research Design

3. Theoretical Framework
Incentives Participation
Barriers
Healthy
Employees
Reduce Health
Care Costs
Increase
Productivity

4. Demographics
2%
16%
21%
43%
18%
Age Groups of Respondents
<25 26-35 36-45 46-60 60+
Gender/Age

5. Demographics
Employee Classification/Campus Location

6. Awareness/Participation
How 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

7. Awareness/Participation
How familiar are employees with Health Advocate?
17%
familiar
67%
unfamiliar

8. Awareness/Participation
How 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%

9. Awareness/Participation
How often do USU employees use Health Advocate Services?

10. Barriers
What 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

11. Barriers
Do 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%

12. Barriers
What hours are more convenient for USU employees?

13. Incentives
What changes would encourage you to participate more fully in the USU
Employee Fitness Center?

14. Incentives

15. Incentives

16. 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

17. Incentives
Rank 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

18. Incentives
Rank 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

19. Health Care Shopper

20. 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

21. Open Responses
If 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)

22. Open Responses
What 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

23. 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