Program Locations
 Minnesota
Background: Minnesota Department of Health was funded as a
standard project in June 2004.
Lifestyle Intervention: Lifestyle counselors assess relay and
interpret screening results, assess dietary habits and physical activity
level, and highlight the relationships between health status and
lifestyle practices in a risk reduction discussion. Using the lifestyle
assessment as a backdrop, they assess readiness to change. All women
receive basic intervention services. Those with elevated risk who are
ready to change are encouraged to participate in an active intervention
by choosing from a menu of intervention support options or by
establishing their own goals and action steps. Women receive at least
two follow-up phone calls and mailings.
Screening: Clinical measurements include blood pressure,
cholesterol (HDL, LDL, and total), triglycerides, glucose, and body mass
index. Providers also assess other chronic disease risk factors:
personal cardiovascular history, family history of cardiovascular
disease and diabetes, and smoking status.
Sites: Minnesota currently offers WISEWOMAN services at clinics
located primarily in community clinics in low socio-economic areas of
the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The program is also offered
at several rural clinics that have access to and serve high proportions
of very under-served populations.
Key Partners: Minnesota’s BCCEDP program; other areas in the
Department of Health’s Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division,
including Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Diabetes, and Aging and
Arthritis. We are working to develop collaborative efforts with the
American Heart Association, Steps to a Healthier Minnesota, and
University of Minnesota Extension Services.
| For more information, please contact: Anne
Kukowski, J.D.
WISEWOMAN Program
Phone: (651) 201–5615
E–mail:
anne.kukowski@state.mn.us |
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Page last reviewed: August 6, 2008
Page last modified: August 6, 2008
Content source: Division
for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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