CHIP Dash – WIC Nutrition Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Health Improvement Strategy

WIC Nutrition Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

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Goal:

Improve the redemption rate of the fruit and vegetable benefit from 59% to 70%

Strategy Description:

Target nutrition education on importance and acceptance of fruits and vegetables in family diets. 1. Individual counseling with families on how they can purchase fresh, canned and frozen fruits and vegetables during all appointments. 2. Promote the temporary increase in the fruit and vegetable benefit. $9 for children increased to $25, $11 for all women categories increased to $44 for PG/WPP/BP, and BE increased to $49. 3. Provide families with recipes at every appointment that use WIC foods. 4. Individualized discussion based on individual family usage of fruit and vegetable benefit.

Level of Change:

Programs

Primary Focus Area:

Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health

Data Category Tag:

GCHD WIC

Strategic Planning Alignment:

Education

Estimated Implementation Date:

2022-07-01

Estimated Completion Date:

2023-10-31

Estimated Ease of Implementation:

Moderate

Estimated Cost of Implementation:

Very Low

Potential Community Benefit:

High

Health Equity:

Fruits and Vegetables are an essential part of an individuals diets. Educating WIC participants to redeem all of the money given for fruits and vegetables they will also increase their consumption.

Research:

Data is always 2 months behind. The reports will be generated by the state WIC office and will be uploaded to the WOW MIS system.

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Contributing Community Participants

Corey Edmonds, Jennifer Lee-Steckman, Tayler George, Caroline Evans, Todd C Smith, Tracy Savage, Joseph Burger, Jenny, None, Sarah Humberson, jessica howard, Cameron Pollock, Carrie Hook, Tricia, Christine, John Corbin, Lindsey Bernal, Dierdre Shue, Jennifer Corder, Cherylann Cogley, Susan Mills, Karen George, Heather Cooper, HEATHER BERG, Shelley Argabrite, Carol Bass,

Measurements	Target Goal	Status	Desired Trend	Contributor	January 2017	February 2017	March 2017	April 2017	May 2017	June 2017	July 2017	August 2017	September 2017	October 2017	November 2017	December 2017	January 2018	February 2018	March 2018	April 2018	May 2018	June 2018	July 2018	August 2018	September 2018	October 2018	November 2018	December 2018	January 2019	February 2019	March 2019	April 2019	May 2019	June 2019	July 2019	August 2019	September 2019	October 2019	November 2019	December 2019	January 2020	February 2020	March 2020	April 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	August 2020	September 2020	October 2020	November 2020	December 2020	January 2021	February 2021	March 2021	April 2021	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	August 2021	September 2021	October 2021	November 2021	December 2021	January 2022	February 2022	March 2022	April 2022	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	August 2022	September 2022	October 2022	November 2022	December 2022	January 2023	February 2023	March 2023	April 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	August 2023	September 2023
% of respondents reporting daily fruit and vegetable consumption per day	100	Archived	Increase	Carol B										58																				98
% of respondents reporting offering three servings of fruits and vegetables to children on a daily basis	100	Archived	Increase	Carol B										59																				59
# of Farmer's market coupon booklets issued		Archived								252	163	35										171	173	106										71	54
of Farmer's market coupon booklets redeemed	450	Archived	Increase
% of respondents reporting daily fruit and vegetable consumption of at least two servings a day for self and children	207	Archived	Increase											191																				90
WIC F&V benefit issued $	15423	Active	Increase	Carol B	0	678	2523	3872	4620	4515	4518	4673	4840	4842	4806	5178	5478	5542	5570	5046	4869	4924	5092	4923	4614	5273	5371	5541	5512	5470	5472	5558	5669	5381	5472	5490	5512	5520	5524	5514	5572	5644	5810	5690.00	5588	5557	5482	5524	5324	5159	4937	4834	4764	4852	4896	4938	4935	18035	17747	18462	18574	15192	15212	15093	14537	14601	15423	15126	14665	15003	15040	15104	14978.00	15624.00	15791.00	15310.00	15556.00	15610.00	14921.00	15692.00	15617.00	15546.00	15926.00	15281.00	15218.00
WIC F&V benefit redemption $	14000	Active	Increase	Carol B	0	467	1964	2909	3515	3220	3279	3426	3407	3486	3399	3716	4002	3733	3859	3640	3617	3533	3658	3573	3315	3776	3694	4052	3916	3774	3870	3857	3944	3650	3796	3703	3588	3713	3548	3772	4051	3653	3529	3328.34	3246	3215	3022	3211	3101	2857	2989	2915	2898	2740	2732	2712	3043	9142	9039	9742	9689	7713	7695	8243	8474	8163	8950	8981	9369	9036	8778	9103	8170.75	9210.46	9308.79	9317.55	9862.82	9151.57	10132.48	10753.71	10700.42	10785.78	10218.88	10598.54	10203.09
Garrett % of F&V benefits redeemed monthly	75	Active	Increase	Carol B	0	69	77	75	76	71	73	73	70	72	71	72	73	67	69	72	74	72	71	73	72	72	69	73	71	69	71	69	70	68	69	67	65	67	64	68	73	65	61	58.5	58	58	55	58	58	55	61	60	61	56	56	55	62	51	51	53	52	51	51	55	58	56	58	59	64	60	58	60	55	59	59	61	63.40	58.63	68	69	69	69.45	64.16	69.36	67.05
State % of F&V benefits redeemed montly	95	Active		Carol B	54	65	70	72	78	78	78	78	77	77	76	77	79	76	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	77	79	79	77	78	78	79	78	78.98	78	77	71	76	78	79	77	75	71.7	71	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	67	66	67	69	63	64	65	66	64	66	68	71	69		71	73	74	75	75	73.31	73.90	73.35	75.28	76.72	74.64	77	78	79	78.87	79.04	79.41	78.75
Benefit $ unspent Garrett	750	Active	Decrease	Carol B	0	211	559	963	1105	1295	1239	1247	1433	1356	1407	1462	1476	1809	1711	1406	1252	1391	1433	1350	1219	1497	1677	1489	1595	1696	1602	1701	1725	1731	1676	1787	1924	1807	1975	1742	1521	1991	2281	2362	2342	2342	2460	2313	2223	2302	1948	1919	1866	2112	2164	2226	1892	8893	8708	8720	8885	7478	7517	6850	6063	6438	6473	6144.61	5295.83	5967.37	6261.72	6000.82	6807.25	6413.54	6482.21	5992.45	5693.18	6458.43	4788.52	4938.29	4916.58	4760.22	5707.12	4682.46	5014.91
State Issuance of F&V		Active																																																															2684728.51	2690289.16	2725080.55	2718284.30	2722040.18	2733273.13	2754938.81	2791073.14	2825831.08	2930318.70	2897358.67	2860555.74	2878563.70	2894231.93	2928098.50	2925304.21	2981590.09	2963411.44	2957253.17	2935181.46	2920300.08
State Redemption		Active																																																															1896152.92	1857300.35	1928514.29	1940443.58	2006704.52	2028288.25	2069663.50	2088751.34	2071749.09	2165607.22	2125387.63	2153339.75	2208410.94	2160274.36	224440061		2354412.73	237923.20	2338807.12	2330927.73	2301293.11
State Unspent Benefit		Active																																																																								764711.48	771971.04	707215.99	670152.76	733957.57	683697.89	652566.23	627177.36	625488.24	618446.05	604253.73	619006.97

Data Narrative

Measure #1, #2, and #5: from Annual Customer Service Survey administered to WIC Participants late fall. Measure #3 and #4 Issuance and final redemption of Farmer's Market Coupon Booklets from Maryland Department of Agriculture (each book has four $5 coupons). Coupons may be redeemed at authorized Farmer Markets in Maryland. Supplemental benefit for WIC participants. Issuance is derived from issue logs at WIC, final redemption from reporting Maryland Department of Agriculture. Measures 1, 2 and 5. Information from Annual Nutrition Surveys of WIC Participants and Caregivers in Garrett County. 2019 survey had 184 respondents, conducted May, June and part of July 2019. Measures #1, 2 and 5 Taken from annual survey of WIC participants in the 2019 Nutrition Survey. Participants taking the survey from year to year vary in total numbers, so percentages are used to reflect activity. 2019 survey was for 184 families. Measures #6-10 Actual Dollar amount issued and redeemed for WIC Participants in Garrett County for fruit and vegetable benefit of food prescription for each participant. Source of data is State generated Report derived from WOW (WIC on The Web Management information System). Currently available special request from State Office Deputy Director Deborah Morgan. Data is always two months behind on current month. Issuance is through the end of the month of any calendar month, redemption occurs in month following issuance. After long-term monitoring of under-redemption of fruit and vegetable benefit, staff began several initiatives in July 2018 to attempt to positively impact utilization of benefits. Strategies include personalized review of utilization with participants when in clinic and encouragement to use all benefits issued. General education on types of fruits and vegetables which may be purchased and shopping tips are also covered. A general education program is scheduled as part of the FY19 Nutrition Services Plan January-March 2019 to reinforce that all forms count and encourage use. We hope to see an improvement in utilization over the next year. Staff began asking participants about fruit and vegetable usage during visits in September, October and December 2018. Percentages dropped. In January 2019 began a quarterly nutrition education program related to benefits of Canned, Frozen and Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Following education all staff have been instructed to review fruit and vegetable usage with participants, attempt to identify barriers, and develop strategies with participants on ways to increase utilization. Low utilization has been an agenda item at monthly staff meetings. Preparation for general Nutrition Education topic in Jan-March 2019 quarter was conducted at staff meeting. topic for quarter is all forms count...frozen, canned and fresh. Along with general discussion and presentation of materials staff will review usage for each WIC family on usage history, and will explore with them on how to utilize all benefits. Expectation is for trends to increase in spent benefits and percentage of benefits being spent, and decrease in unspent benefits.

WIC Nutrition Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

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