Recruitment and Retention of WIC Participants

DHD #10 Oceana County Rx Pad

District Health Department #10 created this non-pharmaceutical referral pad as part of their local work on community-clinical linkages during the CPHMC project. This pad has referrals for WIC, nutrition counseling […]

CCI Resource Navigator Manual

CCI created this resource navigator training manual as part of their local work to strengthen referral networks during the CPHMC project. CCI focused on getting their WIC population to utilize […]

Angelina County WIC Resource Guide

Angelina County created this resource guide to promote their local work on strengthening WIC referrals as part of the CPHMC project. This guide for partner programs and agencies outlines qualification […]

‘K-HIP’ Kenosha Health Improvement Project

Racine Kenosha Community Action Agency (RKCAA) created this poster to highlight their local work on healthy food access during the CPHMC project. This poster was presented at NWA’s Annual Conference […]

Building Stronger Clinical and Community Partnerships

Gateway Community Action created this poster to highlight their local work encouraging breastfeeding friendly businesses and promoting healthcare referrals through the WIC Rx pad. This poster was developed as part […]

Concerns and Structural Barriers Associated with WIC Participation among WIC-Eligible Women

WIC-eligible women with unintended pregnancies and fewer social supports tend to participate in WIC, but those who experience more structural barriers are less likely to participate. Asian/Pacific Islander women may face specific challenges to WIC participation.

Childhood and Adolescent Obesity as a Winnable Battle-Reply

studies from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have demonstrated decreases in the prevalence of obesity among 3- to 23-month-old infants and toddlers and among 2- to 4-year-old children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

Timeliness of Receipt of Early Childhood Vaccinations Among Children of Immigrants – Minnesota 2016

"Participation in WIC during pregnancy was significantly associated with being up-to-date at 2, 6, and 36 months. Participation in WIC was associated with an increased likelihood of up-to-date vaccination status, and engaging eligible foreign-born families in programs such as WIC might provide an opportunity to increase on-time vaccination "

Retaining Traditionally Hard to Reach Participants: Lessons Learned from Three Childhood Obesity Studies

Diet quality was assessed among participants in the WIC program across three time points following the WIC food package shift instituted nationally in 2009. Retention rates were 91% at 12 months and 89% at 18 months. For our WIC study, we augmented retention by developing a home data collection protocol and increased focus on staff diversity training.

Farmers’ Markets: Costs Compared With Supermarkets, Use Among WIC Clients, and Relationship to Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Related Psychosocial Variables

The farmers market cost was greater. The farmers market users more often ate vegetables as snacks and > 1 vegetable per day.