June 2 -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation Reporting System (WISEWOMAN). The WISEWOMAN program is designed to prevent, detect, and control, hypertension and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors through services such as health coaching, and evidence informed lifestyle programs, which are tailored for individual and group behavior change. CDC must receive written comments on or before August 1, 2022.
The WISEWOMAN program, sponsored by the CDC, provides services to low income, uninsured, or underinsured women aged 40-64. The WISEWOMAN program is designed to prevent, detect, and control hypertension and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors through healthy behavior support services which are tailored for individual and group behavior change. The WISEWOMAN program provides services to women who are jointly enrolled in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which is also administered by CDC.
The WISEWOMAN program is administered by state health departments and tribal programs. In 2018, a new five-year cooperative agreement was awarded under Funding Opportunity Announcement DP18-1816, subject to the availability of funds. CDC collects two types of information from WISEWOMAN awardees, which is submitted in an electronic data file to CDC twice per year. The Minimum Data Elements (MDE) file contains data using a unique identifier with client-level information about CVD risk factors and types of healthy behavior support services for participants served by the program. The Annual Progress Report provides a narrative summary of each awardee's objectives and the activities undertaken to meet program goals.
There are no changes to the information collected. CDC will continue to use the information collected from WISEWOMAN awardees to support program monitoring and improvement activities, evaluation, and assessment of program outcomes. The overall program evaluation helps to demonstrate program accomplishments and strengthen the evidence for strategy implementation for improved engagement of underserved populations. It can also determine whether the identified strategies and associated activities can be implemented at various levels within a state or tribal organization. Evaluation is also designed to demonstrate how WISEWOMAN can obtain cardiovascular disease health outcome data on at-risk populations, promote public education about CVD risk-factors, and improve the availability of healthy behavior support services for under-served women.
CDC WISEWOMAN Program:
https://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/index.htm
Draft data collection instruments and technical documentation:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r9znnwkoml8awat/AACh6pnPUMbAdXbdvNOsnSDHa?dl=0
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-11772
