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WISEWOMAN Works:
A Collection of Success Stories From Program Inception Through 2002

WISEWOMAN Works: A Collection of Success Stories From Program Inception Through 2002 highlights some of the ways that CDC-funded WISEWOMAN Projects are making a difference for financially disadvantaged women participants. The 12 stories within WISEWOMAN Works are examples of four strategies that build strong WISEWOMAN projects: expanding access, reaching culturally diverse women, women helping women, and developing partnerships. Through success stories, WISEWOMAN Works provides a method for health professionals to share information about grassroots level efforts to promote the health of women in need. By including sections on how to use success stories, writing your own success stories, and adapting your stories for multiple purposes, WISEWOMAN Works provides technical assistance to help health professionals capture success stories.

• Entire Publication (PDF - 4,760K)
• This is also available in a text-only 508-compliant version for the visually impaired.

Individual stories from this document are listed below.

Expanding Access

• More North Carolina Women Have Access to Care,
  Thanks to WISEWOMAN Partnership (PDF - 168K)
• South Dakota Women Learn About Diabetes, Thanks
  to WISEWOMAN’s All Women Count! Collaboration (PDF - 123K)
• WISEWOMAN Program Gives South Dakota
  Women Access to Much-Needed Heart and
  Diabetes Medications (PDF - 72K)

Reaching Culturally Diverse Women

• Traditions of the Heart Promotes Wellness
  Among Alaska Native Women (PDF - 199K)
• ¡Vida Saludable, Corazón Contento! (PDF - 115K)
• WISEWOMAN Partners With Chilkat Indian
  Village, Incorporates Cultural Traditions
  To Promote Fitness (PDF - 167K)

Women Helping Women

• The Many Roles of Vicki Jackson:
  Salvation Army Captain, Friend,
  and WISEWOMAN Champion (PDF - 178K)
• Mary Ellen’s Story: Right on Time
  for Her Health (PDF - 336K)
• Massachusetts Women Help Each Other Follow
  a Healthy Path by Joining Social Support Group (PDF - 73K)

Developing Partnerships

• Healthwise Partnership Promotes Physical Activity
  for WISEWOMAN Participants in Winston-Salem (PDF - 72K)
• Partners Pool Resources To Give Rural Alaska Women
  Higher Quality of Care, More Life-Saving Services (PDF - 73K)
• WISEWOMAN and League of Women Voters
  Help Lansing Area Women Put on Their
  Walking Shoes (PDF - 165K)

Recent Articles About WISEWOMAN

The June 2004 issue of the Journal of Women's Health features 17 research articles about CDC's WISEWOMAN program. The overall goal of these articles is to review current WISEWOMAN demonstration projects and to select the best practices that can be useful to other programs and future WISEWOMAN sites. Authors examine a wide range of topics, such as issues in health disparities research, how to conduct local program evaluation, and specific programmatic strategies that boost success in a underserved population.

• Taking Stock of WISEWOMAN (PDF - 74K)
• Health Promotion Interventions for Disadvantaged Women: Overview of the WISEWOMAN Projects (PDF - 440K)
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among WISEWOMAN Enrollees (PDF - 711K)
• Spatial Analysis of Body Mass Index and Smoking Behavior among WISEWOMAN Participants (PDF - 313K)
• The WISEWOMAN Projects: Lessons Learned from Three States (PDF - 159K)
• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction: The Massachusetts WISEWOMAN Project (PDF - 170K)
• Provider Counseling, Health Education, and Community Health Workers: The Arizona WISEWOMAN Project (PDF - 309K)
• Effects of a Tailored Follow-Up Intervention on Health Behaviors, Beliefs, and Attitudes (PDF - 316K)
• Heart Disease Prevention for Alaska Native Women: A Review of Pilot Study Findings (PDF - 341K)
• A Replicable Process for Redesigning Ethnically Relevant Educational Materials (PDF - 180K)
• Extending the Reach of Public Health Nutrition: Training Community Practitioners in Multilevel Approaches (PDF - 145K)
• Implementing the WISEWOMAN Program in Local Health Departments: Staff Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceived Barriers (PDF - 171K)
• Integrating Preventive Health Services within Community Health Centers: Lessons from WISEWOMAN (PDF - 127K)
• Using Success Stories to Share Knowledge and Lessons Learned in Health Promotion (PDF - 853K)
• Evaluation of Public Health Demonstration Programs: The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of WISEWOMAN (PDF - 142K)
• Expanding the Evidence for Health Promotion: Developing Best Practices for WISEWOMAN (PDF - 188K)
• Building Capacity to Prevent and Control Chronic Disease in Underserved Communities: Expanding the Wisdom of WISEWOMAN in Intervening at the Environmental Level (PDF - 104K)

This listing of publications is designed to provide you with more information on WISEWOMAN.

• WISEWOMAN At A Glance 2004: A Crosscutting Program to Improve the Health of Uninsured Women (PDF - 2,077k)
  Also available as an HTML version.
• Farris R, Sanders C, Stockmyer C. WISEWOMAN: Reducing Health Disparities in Women. The Digest: A Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association, Winter 2001.
• Finkelstein EA; Troped PJ; Will JC; Palombo R. Cost-effectiveness of a cardiovascular disease risk reduction program aimed at financially vulnerable women: The Massachusetts WISEWOMAN Project. Journal of Women's Health & Gender Based Medicine 2002; 11(6):519–526.
• Ford ES, Will JC, DeProust Ford MA, Mokdad AH. Health insurance status and cardiovascular disease risk factors among 50-64 year-old U.S. women: Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Journal of Women's Health 1998; 7(8):997–1006.
• Nelson TL, Hunt KJ, Rosamond WD, Ammerman AS, Keyserling TC, Mokdad AH, Will JC. Obesity and associated coronary heart disease risk factors in a population of low-income African American and white women: North Carolina WISEWOMAN project. Preventive Medicine 2002; 35:1–6.
• Rosamond WD, Ammerman AS, Holliday JL, Tawney KW, Hunt KJ, Keyserling TC, Will JC, Mokdad AH. Cardiovascular disease risk factor intervention in low-income women: the North Carolina WISEWOMAN project. Preventive Medicine 2000; 31(4):370–379.
• Sellers DB, Thompson-Robinson M, Parra-Medina D, Wilcox S, Thompson N, Will, JC. Readability of educational materials targeting CVD risk factors in African American women. American Journal of Health Studies 2003; 18:188–94.
• Wilcox S. Parra-Median D. Thompson-Robinson M. Willl J. Nutrition and physical activity interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in health care settings: a quantitative review with a focus on women. Nutrition Reviews, Jul 2001; 59(7):197–214.
• Will JC, Massoudi B, Mokdad A, et al. Reducing risk for cardiovascular disease in uninsured women: combined results from two WISEWOMAN Projects. JAMA, Fall 2001; 56(4):161–165.
• The WISEWOMAN Workgroup Cardiovascular Disease Prevention for Women Attending Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Programs: The WISEWOMAN Projects. Preventive Medicine 1999; 28:496–502.

WISEWOMAN Guidance Document

The purpose of the WISEWOMAN Guidance Document: Interpretation of Legislative Language and Existing Policies and Documents is to provide currently funded WISEWOMAN projects and those applying for WISEWOMAN funds with information needed to meet the requirements of the WISEWOMAN cooperative agreement and program management policies. The chapters and appendices included in this document provide background information, policy statements, pertinent guidance and resources, and give further detail about program requirements.

To print the entire guide you will need to print the cover, the  WISEWOMAN Guidance Document, and the following Appendixes.

• Cover (PDF - 76K)
• Guidance Document (PDF - 432K)
  • OR the 508-compliant Guidance Document (PDF - 1,292K)
• Appendix C: JNC VI Quick Reference Card, Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension Recommendations (PDF - 58K)
• Appendix D: ATP III's Quick Desk Reference (PDF - 93K)
• Appendix E: American Diabetes Association 2002 Clinical Practice Recommendations, Screening for Diabetes* (PDF - 68K)
• Appendix I: Minimum Data Elements and Cost Elements 
  • Minimum Data Elements - Screening (PDF - 103K)
  • Minimum Data Elements - Intervention (PDF - 68K)
  • Cost Elements - To be determined by project and contractor
• Note: Appendix F, "Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Health Care Settings: A Quantitative Review with a Focus on Women," is an article from Nutrition Review is not currently available as an online resource.

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