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WISEWOMAN: Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation

Who We Are:  Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN), is a new service in South Carolina. It provides health screenings and lifestyle education for women to help reduce their risk for heart disease and stroke.  The goal of WISEWOMAN is to provide low-income, under- or uninsured 40- to 64-year-old women with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to improve diet, physical activity, and other lifestyle behaviors to prevent, delay and control cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.  Click here for statistics on the problem of heart disease and stroke in South Carolina.

The WISEWOMAN program is administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. South Carolina is one of only 21 WISEWOMAN programs funded by the CDC.  South Carolina was first awarded funding in 2008.  For more information please visit CDC's WISEWOMAN website.

What We Do:

• WISEWOMAN programs provide standard preventive services including blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes testing and referral to lifestyle education programs. 
• WISEWOMAN provides screenings at no cost to participants who meet the eligibility guidelines.  Screenings measure blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, body weight, and waist size.  Medical referral and follow-up are provided as appropriate. 
• WISEWOMAN lifestyle education uses group sessions and one-on-one sessions to help participants address factors that increase risk for heart attack or stroke like poor nutrition, lack of physical activity and smoking.

To qualify for WISEWOMAN services a woman must:

1. Receive breast and cervical cancer screening services from the Best Chance Network (BCN), S.C. Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (SCBCCEDP).
2. Be 47-64 years old.
3. Be uninsured (no health insurance).

How Do We Do This: WISEWOMAN, like BCN, is a network of public and private partnerships that includes federally funded primary care centers in the SC Primary Health Care Association, laboratories, DHEC region staff and community partners who assist in referring women to screening sites. 

DHEC oversees WISEWOMAN administration and management, contractual agreements for screening and follow-up services, case management, quality assurance, tracking, surveillance, and program evaluation. The American Cancer Society (ACS), South-Atlantic Division, works with DHEC to provide the coordination of WISEWOMAN services with providers, including professional education, and outreach and recruitment of eligible women into the program.

• Click here to access contract information (pdf)
• Click here to access WISEWOMAN Clinical Protocols (pdf)

 

DHEC Regional Coordinators

The WISEWOMAN program is currently available in six (6) counties in the state.

Pee Dee Region & Kershaw County
Valencia S. Thomas
(843) 661-4833
E-mail: thomasvs@dhec.sc.gov

Calhoun, Orangeburg, Dorchester & Bamberg Counties
Yolanda Sumpter
(803) 533-7185
E-Mail: sumpteyj@dhec.sc.gov

 

Participating Health Centers

Clemson & Community Medical Clinic of Kershaw

Black River Healthcare Centers

Black River Health Care	520 Thurgood Marshall Blvd	Kingstree	(843) 355-5628
Black River Health Care	206 E Market Street	Timmonsville	(843) 346-3730
Black River Health Care	11 West Hospital Street	Manning	(803) 433-4321

 

Sumter Family Health Centers

Sumter Family Health Center	1278 North Layfette Dr.	Sumter	(803) 774-4500
Sumter Family Health Center	25 East Clark Street	Pinewood	(803) 774-4501

 

CareSouth Family Health Centers

 

Family Health Center

Family Health Center	3310 Magnolia Street	Orangeburg	(803) 561-6900
Community Medical Center	10278 Old #6 Highway	Vance	(803) 492-3031
Norfield Medical Center	7061 Norway Road	Neeses	(803) 263-4086
Family Health Center	401 Ridge Street	St. George	(843) 563-5315
Family Health Center	558 Chestnut St.	St Matthews	(803) 874-2006
Denmark Center	1241 Solomon Blatt Blvd	Denmark	(803) 793-4282

 

Little River Sites

Little River Medical Center	4303 Live Oak Dr	Little River	(800) 499-5849
Little River Medical Center	3817 Main Street	Loris	(800) 499-5849
Little River Medical Center	1075 Mr. Joe White Ave. Suite 101	Myrtle Beach	(800) 499-5849
Little River Medical Center	7724 North Kings Hwy	Myrtle Beach	(800) 499-5849
Little River Medical Center - South Strand	3236 Holmestown Road – E1	Myrtle Beach	(800) 499-5849

 

St. James Santee Family Health

North Santee-Sampit Site	2482 Powell Road	Georgetown	(843) 527-7533
Choppee Site	8189 Choppee Road	Georgetown	(843) 545-8723
Highmarket Site	2020 Highmarket Street	Georgetown	(843) 436-1333
St. James Family Health	1189 Tibwin Road	McClellanville	(843) 887-3274

 

For more information, contact the WISEWOMAN Program Coordinator at (803) 934-2902 or boateny@dhec.sc.gov.