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Displaying records 21 through 40 (144 total).

Rhode Island Department of Health. 2016. Oral health talking points and myths: For WIC and family visiting program staff. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Department of Health, 2 pp.

Horowitz AM. 2016. Maryland survey of WIC personnel: Tooth decay (cavities). College Park, MD: University of Maryland School of Public Health, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, 13 pp.

Annotation: This survey includes questions related to tooth decay for Maryland Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program employees. Selected topics include survey recipients' role in their program and the program itself, recipients' opinions on how to prevent tooth decay, access to health care for program participants, how recipients help participants obtain oral health care, what types of oral-disease-prevention activities the program engages in, where recipients get oral health information, whether they have had or would be interested in training on tooth-decay prevention and communication skills, and the highest grade they completed in school and their racial or ethnic background.

Keywords: Access to health care, Dental caries, Educational factors, Ethnic factors, Low income groups, Maryland, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prevention, Racial factors, State programs, Surveys, Training, WIC program, Young children

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. 2014. SNAP and WIC side-by-side comparison. Arlington, VA: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 9 pp.

Annotation: This chart compares the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) across populations served, methods of resource allocation, and other dimensions. The last page of the document includes a chart of SNAP and WIC program locations within governmental agencies by state or territory including nine jurisdictions where WIC and SNAP are co-located and within the state/territory health agency under the same department.

Keywords: Comparative analysis, Nutrition programs, Resource allocation, State health agencies, State programs, WIC program

Maryland Department of Agriculture. 2014. Maryland WIC farmer's market cookbook. [Baltimore, MD: Maryland Department of Agriculture], 24 pp.

Annotation: This cookbook for families enrolled in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides information on finding fresh, nutritious food at farmer's markets. Topics include reasons to shop at a farmer's market and how to use WIC checks to buy fruit and vegetables in season at the farmer's market. Additional contents include tips on food safety, storage, and preparation; recipes; a list of farmers' markets in Maryland; and information from national public health campaigns for pregnant women.

Keywords: Children, Cookbooks, Food handling, Fruit, Infants, Maryland, Nutrition, Pregnant women, Recipes, State programs, Vegetables, WIC Program

U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2013. WIC program: Improved oversight of income eligibility determination needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 24 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a study on the determination of income eligibility for recipients of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. Included in the report are answers to the following questions: (1) How do state and local criteria for determining WIC income eligibility vary? (2) To what extent are individuals who would otherwise be ineligible for WIC deemed eligible due to their participation in other programs? (3) How does the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assist and monitor state determination of WIC income eligibility? The report is based on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) review of federal laws and regulations; an analysis of USDA's national data from 2010, recent survey findings, and monitoring reports; reviews of WIC policy manuals from 10 states chosen to provide population size and geographic diversity; and interviews with federal, state, and local officials. Recommendations based on GAO's findings are included in the report.

Keywords: Accountability, Child nutrition, Eligibility determination, Infant nutrition, Maternal nutrition, Reports, Supplemental food programs, WIC Program

Revels M, Cruz K, Cheung K, Carver L, Krol D. 2013. Providing preventive oral health care to infants and young children in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Early Head Start and primary care settings. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 35 pp. (Synthesis report)

Annotation: This report focuses on seven programs that provide preventive oral health care to infants and young children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) or the Early Head Start (EHS) program and in primary care settings. Topics include integrating oral health care into primary care and within WIC and EHS, oral health services offered in WIC and EHS, staff training, and staffing to deliver oral health services.

Keywords: Early Head Start, Infants, Model programs, Oral health, Prevention services, Primary care, Service integration, Training, WIC program, Work force, Young children

Florida Department of Health, Florida WIC. 2011. Florida WIC supports breastfeeding. [Tallahassee, FL]: Florida Department of Health, Florida WIC, 2 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet provides information about the Florida WIC Program's support of breastfeeding. Information is presented about the increased percentage of Florida WIC participants who start out breastfeeding, compared with participation rates in 1990; physician support of breasteeding; breastfeeding resources, and breastfeeding research.

Keywords: , Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Breastfeeding promotion programs, Health promotion, Infant health, Non English language materials, Research, Spanish language materials, WIC

Cervantes W. 2011. Children of immigrants and nutrition supports. Washington, DC: First Focus, 2 pp.

Annotation: This paper discusses food insecurity among children of immigrants, its consequences, and programs that are available to help. The paper explains why immigrant parents frequently fail to make use of such programs, even if they are eligible; why some programs are more successful than others at enrolling immigrant families; and the effect of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Keywords: Children, Eligibility, Enrollment, Hunger, Immigrants, Low income groups, Outreach, Parents, Poverty, Programs, School breakfast programs, School lunch programs, Supplemental food programs, WIC program

Whitacre PT, Moats S; Institute of Medicine. 2011. Updating the USDA National Breastfeeding Campaign: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 114 pp.

Annotation: This document presents presentations and discussions from a workshop held to provide input on how to effectively build on the successes of the national breastfeeding support and promotion campaign, Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work, launched in 1997. The workshop focused on using an evidence-based social marketing strategiy to make the campaign relevant and effective. The document summarizes opening remarks from the president of the National WIC Association; discusses changes over the past 15 years; describes lessons learned from other public health campaigns; and discusses suggestions for moving the social marketing campaign forward, including program components and messages, communication tools, implementation tools for state WIC programs, strategic community-based partnerships, identification of research gaps, and evaluation of program success.

Keywords: Breastfeeding promotion, Breastfeeding promotion programs, Communication, Community programs, Program evaluation, Public awareness campaigns, Research, WIC Program

Center for Oral Health. 2011. WIC: Early entry into dental care guidebook. Oakland, CA: Center for Oral Health, 71 pp.

Annotation: This manual provides an overview of the WIC: Early Entry into Dental Care Program, including lessons learned, guidance, and tools for groups interested in implementing the program in their own locales. The program uses the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) as the entry point for oral health assessment, preventive services, and referral for regular follow-up care. Topics include collaborative planning, information for dental and medical professionals, information for WIC personnel, and program models in California. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: California, Case studies, Collaboration, Community programs, Infants, Low income groups, Oral health, Prevention services, Referrals, Risk assessment, WIC program, Young children

Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition. 2011. Rhode Island breastfeeding resource directory, 2011-2012. Jamestown, RI: Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition, 81 pp.

Annotation: This directory for health professionals serving expectant and new mothers provides breastfeeding resources such as classes, books, videos, state laws, professional services, insurance information, and websites. The directory also provides tools and guidelines that health professionals can turn to for easy access to information on managing common breastfeeding problems. It includes the Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition's position paper on breastfeeding, information on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nation''s Children's Fund (UNICEF), and statistics on breastfeeding in Rhode Island from the 2010 CDC Breastfeeding Report Card. Individual sections cover prenatal and postnatal support, local and national resources, clinical information and resources, and breastfeeding tools and guidelines.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Consultation, Directories, Educational materials, Infant nutrition, Lactation, Lactation management, Lactation specialists, Nutrition services, Resource materials, Rhode Island, State programs, WIC Program

2011. Coordinating health services: WIC and public health programs. Arlington, VA: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials,

Annotation: This web page provides links to documents that summarize the successes, challenges encountered, and lessons learned from interviews conducted with Midwest and Mountain region WIC program survey respondents. The interviews were a follow-up to the 2010 survey administered by the National WIC Association (developed by the Association of State and Territorial Health Official (ASTHO) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)) to identify state and local collaborations with WIC. The site also provides a link to a webcast, presented by ASTHO and NACCHO, highlighted state and local models of collaboration between the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women and Children (WIC) and other public health programs.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community programs, State programs, Surveys, WIC program

Collins A, Rappaport CD, Burstein N. 2010. WIC breastfeeding peer counseling study: Final implementation report. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Research and Analysis, 274 pp. (Special nutrition programs report no. WIC-10-BPC)

Annotation: This report discusses a study of the Loving Support Peer Counseling Program, an initiative designed to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates for WIC participants and to increase community support for WIC participants who breastfeed. The report focuses on the implementation component of the study; an impact component is also being developed. The report summarizes information collected through a Web-based survey on how states, Indian tribal organizations, and territories (ITOT) implement peer counseling programs using the Loving Support model to understand how Loving Support peer counseling is being used at the state and ITOT levels. The report describes the general characteristics of local WIC agencies (LWAs) implementing the program and compares them to those that are not currently implementing it. The report also summarizes information about Loving Support Peer Counseling Program operations from 40 LWAs selected to represent LWAs that implement the program. The report concludes with five local case studies of the Loving Support Peer Counseling Program.

Keywords: Breastfeeding promotion, Case studies, Initiatives, Local programs, Peer counseling, Program evaluation, Programs, State programs, WIC program

Choosy Kids. 2010. Choosy Kids: Be Choosy Be Healthy. Morgantown, WV: Choosy Kids,

Annotation: These training and educational materials are designed for health professionals, teachers, and parents seeking to help young children develop healthy behaviors. Topics include obesity, oral health, nutrition, and physical activity. News; information about events; links to resources by topic and by audience, such as Head Start and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs; and tools for submitting and sharing resources with others are also available on the website.

Keywords: , Audiovisual materials, Child health, DVDs, Head Start, Health behavior, Health promotion, Nutrition, Oral health, Parents, Physical activity, Resources for professionals, WIC Program, Young children

Altarum Institute. 2010. Can WIC play a role in stemming the childhood obesity epidemic?. Washington, DC: Altarum Institute, (Altarum Institute policy roundtable)

Annotation: This report presents the proceedings from a policy roundtable to consider the role of WIC in childhood obesity prevention; how the WIC program is currently addressing childhood obesity; and what policy options are available to ensure WIC can be successful in addressing childhood obesity. The report includes background information on childhood obesity in America and the role WIC plays as a provider of food assistance and nutrition. The report includes a summary of roundtable presentations given by health professionals in the Washington Department of Health, the National WIC Association, and the California Department of Health Services and a transcription from the question and answer session that followed.

Keywords: Child health, Obesity, Policy development, Prevention programs, Program improvement, WIC Program

Suitor CW. 2010. Planning a WIC research agenda: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 166 pp.

Annotation: This document summarizes information gathered during a public workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine in July 2010 to discuss the best use of federal funds allocated for research on the short and long term impacts of WIC -- the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, which provides services to low-income, nutritionally at-risk individuals. The document summarizes workshop sessions on research topics including birth outcomes, obesity, breastfeeding protection, food insecurity and hunger, dietary intake and nutritional status, nutritional education, families, and the health care system in general. Proposals for future research include concerns related to methodology as well as data considerations. The full workshop agenda is included as an appendix.

Keywords: Child health, Infant health, Meetings, Nutrition, Reports, Research, Research methodology, Research proposals, Resource allocation, WIC Program, Women's health

Tiehen L, Jacknowitz A. 2010. WIC participation patterns: An investigation of delayed entry and early exit. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 38 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a study that examined factors associated with the decisions of households that participate in WIC during the first year after the birth of a child to (1) delay their entry into the WIC program until after the child's birth and (2) exit the program when a child turns 1. The report explains how WIC works and discusses data, methods, and results.

Keywords: Children, Decision making, Eligibility, Enrollment, Families, Family support programs, Infants, Low income groups, Nutrition, Research, Statistical data, WIC Program, Young children

Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health. 2010. The WIC staff's role in ECC prevention and early intervention. [Rockville, MD]: Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, 2 pp.

U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. [2009]. Using loving support to grow and glow in WIC: Breastfeeding training for local WIC staff. Washington, DC: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children,

Annotation: This training curriculum was developed to help ensure that all staff attain a level of proficiency in the skills required to promote and support breastfeeding within a WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) setting. The competencies covered in the individual training modules are designed to help staff address questions, conduct assessments, individually tailor food packages that enable mothers to breastfeed exclusively, and provide support to help mothers meet their breastfeeding goals. The curriculum reinforces the message that staff working within a WIC setting play an important role as part of the family’s circle of care.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding support, Professional training, Training materials, WIC program

U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. [2009]. Partnering with WIC for breastfeeding success. Washington, DC: U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, 2 items.

Annotation: This breastfeeding promotion kit includes a booklet and 7-minute video to help health professinals and other stakeholders partner with WIC to create a national environment that encourages mothers to breastfeed. The video explains how new mothers need a network of support to continue breasffeeding successfully and how the WIC program is working to promote breastfeeding. The video includes breastfeeding experiences shared by WIC mothers and their partners. The booklet discusses the physical and emotional benefits of breastfeeding for infants, mothers, and families and describes how WIC is reaching out to community partners to build a network of support.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Breastfeeding promotion programs, Videos, WIC Program
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