The impact of the Citibank, NA, health management program on changes in employee health risks over time

This study estimated the impact of the Citibank Health Management Program o n changes in health risks among Citibank employees, McNemar chi-squared tes ts compared the probability of being at high risk for poor health when the first and last health-risk appraisal surveys were taken, Logistic regressio n controlled for baseline differences in subsequent analyses when those who participated in more intensive program features were compared with those w ho participated in less intensive features. Declines in risk were noted for 8 of 10 risk categories. Most changes were small, except those related to exercise habits, seatbelt use, and stress levels, For nine health risk cate gories, those who pa;participated in more intensive program services were s ignificantly more likely than others to reduce their health risks, Thus, th e Citibank Health Management Program was associated with significant reduct ions in health risk.