Corazón de la Familia (Heart of the Family) - The California WISEWOMAN Program
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Intent of the Intervention

California’s WISEWOMAN program, entitled Corazón de la Familia (Heart of the Family) uses the ¡Vida Saludable, Corazón Contento! intervention materials.

¡Vida Saludable, Corazón Contento! is the Spanish-language adaptation of the research-tested intervention, A New Leaf…Choices for Healthy Living. ¡Vida Saludable, Corazón Contento! is designed to help individuals:

  • Improve healthy eating behaviors
  • Increase physical activity
  • Cease tobacco use
  • Improve blood pressure or control hypertension
  • Improve cholesterol or blood lipid profile

Developers of the New Leaf intervention translated the materials into Spanish to help address the need for culturally appropriate health educational materials for the growing Hispanic population in many regions of the United States. Foods, activities, and recipes were adapted and field-tested to be culturally relevant.

¡Vida Saludable, Corazón Contento! was developed and evaluated within the context of the CDC’s WISEWOMAN Program and users of this template should understand the context before they can determine the appropriateness of this intervention for their particular populations and settings.