Planning a WIC Research Agenda Workshop Summary (2011) / Chapter Skim
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9 The Reach of WIC
9 The Reach of WIC
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on families and on society more broadly. Then session moderator Jackson Sekhobo offered brief remarks about why research on the reach of WIC is especially important at the local and state levels.
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Concerning the issue of whether to try to measure the overall impact of WIC, the group identified various reasons not to try, including the difficulty -- perhaps impossibility -- of measuring the impact accurately and the high level of support for WIC. However, it also identified a number of reasons to try to make such measurements, such as determining whether there are deleterious effects, identifying variations among subgroups that could lead to program improvements, and providing evidence to support increased program funding.
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Another approach to understanding participation would be to compare either the dietary intake of those who leave the program with that of those who stay or else the dietary intake of early entrants versus late entrants. This type of study would require prospective data on diet, some of which might be collected as part of the initial certification interview.
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THE NEW FOOD PACKAGE Presenter: Loren Bell In his presentation, Bell briefly described research being conducted by the Altarum Institute, focusing on two studies designed to examine the effects of the new food package on food purchasing behavior and on small stores. He then identified future research needs related to those topics and to broader issues.
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Food Purchasing Pattern Study The analysis of the food purchasing patterns of WIC clients uses pointof-sale purchasing data matched with WIC demographic data. The study is being conducted in a single state (Wisconsin)
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Ongoing studies are needed to measure influencing factors and changes. EBT will provide significant opportunities for studies and the collection of new food purchasing data.
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The likely future budget environment makes a strong research base especially important. Neuberger emphasized that budget projections for the U.S.
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CBPP adjusted domestic discretionary spending to include Pell grants, which the President proposed to reclassify as mandatory spending WIC is part of the discretionary spending portion of the budget. In Figure 9-2, WIC is included in the medium-gray section at the top, which represents the domestic discretionary spending portion of the budget.
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Based on unemployment rates and increases in poverty and food insecurity, however, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities had actually expected WIC participation to increase at a much faster rate. Furthermore, the 9 percent growth in WIC participation since the start of the recession is far less than the 47 percent growth in participation that SNAP has experienced over the same period.
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• Redemption data Because difficulties arise when researchers at tempt to obtain access to detailed WIC redemption data, strategies are needed to overcome concerns about confidentiality. One ap proach may be the application of algorithms that hide identifying personal data when obtaining data on WIC food purchases.
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SUMMARY OF SUGGESTED RESEARCH TOPICS Among the many research topics suggested during this session were WIC participation and responsiveness to the nation's financial situation, various applications of the logic model to link interventions with outcomes, ways to have a positive effect on behaviors, the value of the WIC food packages, redemption patterns, the use of the EBT system in tracking food purchases, factors affecting food availability in different settings and for different racial and ethnic groups, and strengthening partnerships. There was a call to develop a plan, at the onset of the research agenda, for the synthesis and dissemination of research findings.
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