Geography: <span>Ohio</span>

WIC App Modifications Needed to Improve WIC Participants’ Shopping Experience

This policy brief encourages modernization efforts to improve the shopping experience for WIC participants. The brief recommends improving WIC smartphone applications to better align their information with vendor systems to […]

Expanded Shopping Options Needed to Improve WIC Participants’ Shopping Experience

This policy brief encourages modernization efforts to improve the shopping experience for WIC participants. The brief recommends implementing expanded access to online purchasing options and farmers’ market purchases for WIC […]

Multi-state WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey: Learning from Program Adaptations During COVID

A report released by the National WIC Association (NWA), alongside researchers from the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) and Pepperdine University, explored WIC participant satisfaction and experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Ohio State WIC Page

The Ohio State WIC Page includes main contacts, State WIC profiles, and state-specific resources and links.

Ohio WIC Alimentando a su Bebé (Infant Feeding Guide, Spanish)

A feeding guide with recommendations for the average, healthy infant from the Ohio Dept. of Health – Bureau of Nutrition Services.

Ohio WIC Breastfeeding Guide

A breastfeeding guide from the Ohio Dept. of Health – Bureau of Nutrition Services.

Ohio WIC Formulas

An official list of approved WIC formulas from the Ohio Dept. of Health – Bureau of Nutrition Services.

Ohio WIC Lista de Alimentos Autorizados (Food Guide, Spanish)

An official list of approved WIC foods from the Ohio Dept. of Health – Bureau of Nutrition Services.

Ohio WIC Retail Vendor Opeartions

An Ohio Dept. of Health – Bureau of Nutrition Services resource that outlines policies and procedures for selling WIC approved foods to participants in Ohio.

Needs Assessment and Intervention Strategies to Reduce Lead-Poisoning Risk Among Low-Income Ohio Toddlers

The objective of this study was to examine parental receipt of lead-poisoning prevention information and the preferred methods of receiving this information. The author concluded that more minority respondents preferred receiving information via videos, billboards, and home visits. Younger parents preferred reading brochures, seeing billboards, and speaking with someone at the health department or WIC.

Geography: Ohio