Improving Child Retention in Illinois WIC: Using Formative Research to Identify Promising Practices to Retain Low-Income Families in Nutrition Services

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Eathing healthy for participants in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Oral

Session Objectives: Assessing methods for healthy eating for participants in the WIC program.

Moderators:

Joan Trendell, MS, RD, CD and Geraldine Henchy, MPH, RD

10:30am

10:50am

Exploring the association between state-level WIC coverage and household food security: Demographic and geographic patterns
Shannon Simonovich, RN, Ph(C), Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, FAAN, Donna B. Johnson, PhD, RD and Jerald Herting, PhD

11:10am

A Census of Breastfeeding Promotion among WIC Agencies: The WIC Breastfeeding Policy Inventory (WIC BPI)
Sarah Forrestal, PhD, Ronette Briefel, PhD, RD and James Mabli, PhD

11:30am

Improving Child Retention in Illinois WIC: Using Formative Research to Identify Promising Practices to Retain Low-Income Families in Nutrition Services
Summer Porter, MS, RD, Molly McGown, MPH, Keriann Uesugi, PhD, LaShon Reese, MEd, RD, LDN, CLC, Stephanie Bess, MS, RD, LDN and Angela Odoms-Young, PhD

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

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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