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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Pregnancy
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Presents the results of a study for the Food and Nutrition Service of USDA in 1986. The study had two phases: (1) a description of exemplary targeting practices, and (2) a demonstration of these practices at six local WIC agencies. Discusses benefit targeting and conducting a focus group, and contains samples of print materials.
Author : Gretchen Engle Schafft
Publisher :
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 1996-06-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309053854
This book reviews the scientific basis for nutrition risk criteria used to establish eligibility for participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The volume also examines the specific segments of the WIC population at risk for each criterion, identifies gaps in the scientific knowledge base, formulates recommendations regarding appropriate criteria, and where applicable, recommends values for determining who is at risk for each criterion. Recommendations for program action and research are made to strengthen the validity of nutrition risk criteria used in the WIC program.
Author : Laura Summer
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Food relief
ISBN :
The purpose of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' WIC Targeting Project is to assist WIC agencies in improving the targeting of WIC benefits to participants at highest risk in their states. With the Targeting Project, the Center's goal is to highlight effective activities already being carried out in some states and to make recommendations that other states can use to improve the targeting of WIC benefits. The findings of this Project are presented in this report.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Food relief
ISBN :
Abstract: This report addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, discusses the need to improve management effectiveness and to make better use of limited resources in the Food and Nutrition Service's Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The report contains recommendations which are intended to help ensure that the funds made for WIC are directed first to those among the eligible population who are the most vulnerable and thus likely to benefit the most from WIC intervention. Recommendations given include: targeting the most needy population groups; using professional authorities to reassess WIC participation standards; focusing greater attention on income eligibility of participants; and establishing stricter and more comprehensive participant file records.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 1063 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2017-06-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309450160
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $6.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In this third report, the committee provides its final analyses, recommendations, and the supporting rationale.
Author : Douglas J. Besharov
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 22,20 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780844741499
This book analyzes the research on the effectiveness of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Author :
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Page : 266 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Children
ISBN :
Abstract: This five volume report evaluates the WIC program and its activities. Volume I summarizes the results of the overall study, volumes II and III contain the technical report while volumes IV and V contain the appendixes. Topics include: objectives and design of the WIC program; effect of the WIC program on the diet of women, infants, and children; effect of WIC benefits on fetal and childhood growth, development, and survival; effect of WIC program participation on use of health services and health promoting behavior; and effect of WIC benefits on family food expenditures.
Author :
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Page : 676 pages
File Size : 17,4 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Children
ISBN :
Abstract: This five volume report evaluates the WIC program and its activities. Volume I summarizes the results of the overall study, volumes II and III contain the technical report while volumes IV and V contain the appendixes. Topics include: objectives and design of the WIC program; effect of the WIC program on the diet of women, infants, and children; effect of WIC benefits on fetal and childhood growth, development, and survival; effect of WIC program participation on use of health services and health promoting behavior; and effect of WIC benefits on family food expenditures.
Author :
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Children
ISBN :
Abstract: This five volume report evaluates the WIC program and its activities. Volume I summarizes the results of the overall study, volumes II and III contain the technical report while volumes IV and V contain the appendixes. Topics include: objectives and design of the WIC program; effect of the WIC program on the diet of women, infants, and children; effect of WIC benefits on fetal and childhood growth, development, and survival; effect of WIC program participation on use of health services and health promoting behavior; and effect of WIC benefits on family food expenditures.
