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Women Take PRIDE in Managing Heart Disease

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Description

The “Women Take PRIDE” (WTP) intervention was developed and tested by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. It is a four-week education and behavior modification program for women over the age of 60 who have heart disease. The intervention was originally done in a hospital-based setting, but Senior Services of Albany will adapt this model by making it more applicable to community settings.

Goal / Mission

This project seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of both providing the intervention and recruiting participants in a community setting.

Results / Accomplishments

Results of the original study showed that at 12 months post intervention, participants in the intervention group had better physical functioning and improved ambulation, were less symptomatic, and had lost more body weight than control group participants. Additional research published in 2003 examined hospital billing data from a 36-month period, and showed that participants in the intervention group had 46% fewer in-patient days and 49% lower in-patient costs than participants in the control group.

Currently, an RTC is being conducted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Senior Service Centers of the Albany Area, Inc
Primary Contact
Tianna Pettinger, LMSW
Senior Services of Albany
20 Rensselaer St.
Albany, NY 12202
(518) 465-6465
http://www.seniorservicesofalbany.com/
Topics
Health / Older Adults
Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Health / Women's Health
Organization(s)
Senior Service Centers of the Albany Area, Inc
Source
Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Date of publication
2006
Date of implementation
9/30/2003
Location
Albany, NY
For more details
http://cmcd.sph.umich.edu/women-take-pride.html
Target Audience
Older Adults

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An Effective Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.
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