The WISEWOMAN projects: lessons learned from three states.

摘要: Background: The WISEWOMAN program provides chronic disease risk factor screening, lifestyle interventions, and referrals to financially disadvantaged women who participate in the National Breast Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). Three states (Arizona, Massachusetts, North Carolina) participated Phase One (1995–1998). Methods: Using a case study approach, we reviewed documents conducted telephone interviews compare three projects' design execution. interviews, carried out mid-2002, involved convenience sample of project coordinators, directors, researchers, one CDC officer (n = 9). Results: Many providers were overwhelmed by WISEWOMAN's research component disliked its lack flexibility. Researchers emphasized that high-quality evaluation requires resources attention. Informants described challenges integrating with state BCCEDP programs are varying development stages recommended changes organiz...