NCT00153400

The California WISEWOMAN Project:Cardiovascular(CVD) Health for Hispanic Women

The California Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) Project: Improving Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Underserved Hispanic Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Federal
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to provide low-income, under- or un-insured 40- to 64-year-old women with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to improve diet, physical activity, and other lifestyle behaviors to prevent, delay and control cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.

Detailed description

This study is based on a single group. Evaluated how effectively culturally appropriate lifestyle intervention was in improving, over a relatively short-term period (\~12 months) on health behaviors and the CVD risk profile.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Chronic Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Enhanced Lifestyle Intervention	Three face-to-face counseling sessions for nutrition and physical activity. Used a Spanish culturally tailored materials. These interventions were delivered by community health workers (CHWs) who are trained.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2007-06-01
• Completion: 2007-06-01
• First posted: 2005-09-12
• Last updated: 2024-08-05