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Factors Associated with Enrollment in an Employee Fitness Center

1988; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 30; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00043764-198808000-00006

1536-5948

Joan M. Eakin, Carolyn Gotay, Alfred Rademaker, John Cowell,

Physical Activity and Health

Employee fitness programs may be evaluated by comparing program participants with nonparticipants on program outcome variables. This study was designed to identify how participants in an employee fitness program may selectively differ from nonparticipants. Joiners were more likely to have engaged in prior fitness activity, to consider fitness a high priority, and to have more positive attitudes about keeping fit. Traditional factors such as demographic or health status variables were not different between joiners and nonjoiners. Although the fitness center was not systematically selecting the more fit employee, participants were different from nonparticipants in terms of attitudinal and behavioral factors which reflect a health promotion orientation.