141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4037.0
SNAP Shot: Innovative Approaches in Nutrition Assistance Programs

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
The session will address effectiveness of Nutrition Education in SNAP, WIC, School Lunch/Breakfast, CACFP; SNAP restrictions; SNAP eligibility; incentives to purchase healthier options; emergency food assistance; etc.
Moderator:
Howard Gordon, EdD, MPH

8:30am
Barriers and facilitators to early childhood participation in WIC: Lessons learned from formative research in New York state and Illinois   
Sanya Peck, M.P.H., Stephanie Bess, MS, RD, LDN, Sylvia Byun, MPH, Ruth Vasquez, Summer Porter, MS, RD, LaShon Reese, MEd, RD, LDN, CLC, Molly McGown, MPH, Angela Odoms-Young, PhD and Jackson Sekhobo, PhD, MPA
     
8:50am
From WIC to table: Using a journey map to identify policy and programmatic innovations to increase cash value voucher redemption rates   
Martelle Esposito, MS, MPH, Joey Zeledón, BFA and Cecilia Richardson, MS, RD, LD
9:10am
Analyzing the health impacts of federal legislation to modify the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)   
Keshia Pollack, PhD, MPH, Marjory Givens, PhD, MSPH, Saqi Maleque Cho, MSPH and Aaron Wernham, MD, MS
     
9:30am
Comparison of USDA foods offered and delivered in the national school lunch program   
Sujata Dixit-Joshi, PhD, MPH, Thea Palmer Zimmerman, M.S., R.D. and Elaine Eaker, Sc.D.
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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