WIC Nutrition Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

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WIC families are encouraged to include more fruits and vegetables in their diets and family meals.  

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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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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 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024
% 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.

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