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Program Locations
 South
Carolina
Background: In 2008, the South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control was funded as a standard project. The program is
housed within the Bureau of Chronic Disease and Community Health,
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
Lifestyle Intervention: South Carolina uses the “A New Leaf… Choices
for Healthy Living” manual to help women develop a healthier diet,
increase physical activity, and become tobacco free. A New Leaf
is a structured nutrition and physical activity assessment and
counseling program focusing on cardiovascular disease risk reduction. It
is specifically tailored to the target population, and is an
intervention tool primarily focused on older women, targets low-income
individuals, is written at a 6th grade reading level, and highlights
Southern eating patterns.
Screening: Risk factor screening includes blood pressure, glucose,
cholesterol and other lipids testing as well as assessing weight,
medical history, tobacco use, dietary pattern, and physical inactivity.
Sites: Federally qualified Community Health Centers in select
Regions of the state will be providing screening services to qualified
women age 47-64, and deliver multi-session lifestyle intervention to
women based on their cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Key Partners: Primary care centers, public health regions 4 and 6,
American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes
Association, intra-agency partners, and community agencies and
organizations.
| For more information, please contact: Jan Viars,
RN, MPH
Director, SC BCCEDP/WISEWOMAN Programs
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-545-4145
E-Mail: viarsjh@dhec.sc.gov
Yaw Boateng, MS, MPH, LRD, CDE
Coordinator, WISEWOMAN Program
105 N. Magnolia Street
Sumter, SC 29154
Phone: 803-934-2902
Fax: 803-773-6366
E-Mail: boateny@dhec.sc.gov |
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Page last reviewed: June 18, 2009
Page last modified: June 18, 2009
Content source: Division
for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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