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Program Locations
Background: Since 2000, the Connecticut Department of Public
Health has been funded as a standard project.
Lifestyle Intervention: Connecticut uses Stay Healthy for Life,
a lifestyle modification intervention to help women develop a healthier
diet, increase physical activity, and be tobacco free. Stay Healthy for
Life was adapted from A New Leaf...Choices for Healthy Living
for its nutrition component and the PACE Program (Patient-Centered
Assessment for Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition) for the physical
activity component. Stay Healthy for Life provides women an
opportunity to decrease their risk of cardiovascular disease through
individual counseling and group physical activity sessions.
Screening: Risk factor screening includes blood pressure, glucose,
cholesterol and other lipids testing as well as assessing weight, medical
history, tobacco use, poor diet, and physical inactivity.
Sites: Nine sites, including hospitals and a federally funded
community health center.
Key Partners: Connecticut Chapter of the American Heart Association
and InfoLine (tobacco cessation).
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Page last reviewed: May 24, 2007
Page last modified: May 24, 2007
Content source: Division
for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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