Care for Yourself - The Iowa WISEWOMAN Lifestyle Intervention
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Intent of the Intervention

The Care for Yourself lifestyle intervention is designed to reduce modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors by:

  • Improving healthy eating behaviors
  • Increasing physical activity
  • Improving blood pressure or controlling hypertension
  • Improving cholesterol

The Care for Yourself intervention primarily addresses the individual and inter-personal levels of the socio-ecologic model.

This intervention was developed and evaluated within the context of the CDC WISEWOMAN Program. Users of this template should understand this context before they can determine the appropriateness of this intervention for their particular populations and settings.