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Program Locations
 Connecticut
Background: Since 2000, the Connecticut Department of Public Health
has been funded as a standard project.
Lifestyle Intervention: Connecticut will be using the healthy
lifestyle intervention called “Turning Over a New Leaf, Healthy Choices
from the Connecticut WISEWOMAN Program” to help women develop a
healthier diet, increase physical activity, and be tobacco free. The
Connecticut intervention is an adaptation of the Vermont intervention
“Ladies First curriculum.” The intervention consists of multiple
contacts, goal setting, guidelines and strategies, self-monitoring, and
tailored feedback and follow-up.
Screening: Risk factor screening includes blood pressure, glucose,
lipids, weight, health history, diet, exercise, and tobacco use.
Sites: Nine sites that include 8 hospitals and 1 federally funded
community health center.
Key Partners: Connecticut Chapter of the American Heart
Association, the Connecticut Quit Line, and the University of
Connecticut, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Food and Nutrition
Education Program.
| For more information, contact: Phyllis F. Dower,
MPH
WISEWOMAN Program Coordinator
CT Dept. of Public Health
860-509-7506
Email: phyllis.dower@ct.gov |
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Page last reviewed: July 29, 2008
Page last modified: July 29, 2008
Content source: Division
for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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