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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Workshop Agenda

HEALTH IMPACTS OF WIC—PLANNING A RESEARCH AGENDA

July 20–21, 2010, Workshop Agenda


St. Gregory Luxury Hotel & Suites, St. Gregory Ballroom

2033 M Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036


Tuesday, July 20, 2010: Day 1

Opening Session

8:00 a.m.

Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose

Gail Harrison, University of California, Los Angeles, Workshop Planning Committee Chair

Perspectives from USDA

Jay Hirschman, Special Nutrition Staff, Food and Nutrition Service

Perspectives from National WIC Association

Reverend Douglas Greenaway, President and CEO

Opening Remarks

David Paige, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Session 1:
WIC and Birth Outcomes

8:30

Moderator:

Gail Harrison, Chair

Speakers:

Michael Lu, University of California, Los Angeles

Theodore Joyce, City University of New York

Discussants:

Marianne Bitler, University of California, Irvine

Patrick Catalano, Case Western Reserve

9:45

Break

 

Session 2:
WIC and Overweight and Obesity

10:05

Moderator:

Patricia Crawford, University of California, Berkeley

Speakers:

Robert Whitaker, Temple University

Elsie Taveras, Harvard Medical School (via teleconference)

Discussant:

Sara Benjamin Neelon, Duke University Medical Center

Session 3:
WIC and Breastfeeding

11:05

Moderator:

Miriam Labbok, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Speakers:

Karen Bonuck, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Maya Bunik, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital, Denver

Cynthia Howard, University of Rochester, School of Medicine

Discussant:

Larry Grummer-Strawn, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

12:20 p.m.

Lunch

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Session 4:
Food Insecurity and Hunger

1:30

Moderator:

Maureen Black, University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Speakers:

John Cook, Boston Medical Center

Edward Frongillo, University of South Carolina

Discussant:

James Weill, Food Research and Action Center

Session 5:
Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status

2:30

Moderator:

Barbara Devaney, Mathematica Policy Research

Speakers:

Nancy Cole, Mathematica Policy Research

Nancy Krebs, University of Colorado, Denver

Discussant:

Suzanne Murphy, University of Hawaii

3:30

Break

 

Session 6:
Nutrition Education

3:50

Moderator:

Shannon Whaley, PHFE–WIC Program

Speakers:

Lorrene Ritchie, University of California, Berkeley

Marilyn Townsend, University of California, Davis

Discussants:

Maureen Black, University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Loren Bell, Altarum Institute

5:05

Discussion Period

 

5:30

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010: Day 2

Session 7:
Health Care and Systems Costs, Benefits, and Effectiveness

8:00 a.m.

Moderator:

Barbara Devaney, Mathematica Policy Research

Speakers:

Sally Findley, Columbia University

Helen Jensen, Iowa State University

Discussant:

Paul Buescher, University of North Carolina

Session 8:
The Reach of WIC

9:00

Moderator:

Jackson Sekhobo, New York State Department of Health

Speakers:

Susan Bartlett, ABT Associates

Loren Bell, Altarum Institute

Discussant:

Zoë Neuberger, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

10:00

Break

 

Closing Session: Wrap-Up and Methodological Issues and Data Considerations

10:20

Highlights of Previous Sessions

Moderators

11:20

Methodological Issues and Data Considerations

Moderator:

Gail Harrison, Chair

Speakers:

Philip Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research

Theodore Joyce, City University of New York

12:20 p.m.

Open Discussion (including comments from participants)

12:45

Summary of Key Elements of the Workshop

Gail Harrison, Chair

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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The time has come to initiate a new program of research on the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (commonly referred to as WIC). WIC is the third largest food assistance program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program's scope is large, serving approximately 9.3 million low-income women, infants, and children at nutritional risk. Through federal grants to states, participants receive three types of benefits: 1) a supplemental food package tailored to specific age groups for infants and children; 2) nutrition education, including breastfeeding support; and 3) referrals to health services and social services. To cover program costs for fiscal year (FY) 2010, Congress appropriated $7.252 billion. Congress also appropriated $15 million for research related to the program for FY 2010.

The timing of the funding for WIC research is propitious. In October 2009, USDA issued regulations that made substantial revisions to the WIC food package. These revisions are the first major change in the food package since the program's inception in 1972. Over the intervening years WIC has expanded greatly, Medicaid coverage has increased, large changes have occurred in the racial and ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic status of WIC participants as well as in public health services, and obesity rates have increased substantially among the general population.

To guide its planning for the use of the $15 million allocated for WIC research, the Food and Nutrition Service of USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct a two-day public workshop on emerging research needs for WIC. As requested, the workshop included presentations and discussions to illuminate issues related to future WIC research issues, methodological challenges, and solutions. The workshop also planned for a program of research to determine the effects of WIC on maternal and child health outcomes.

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