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PLANNING A WIC RESEARCH AGENDA

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Carol West Suitor, Rapporteur

Food and Nutrition Board

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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR WIC RESEARCH NEEDS: A WORKSHOP*

GAIL G. HARRISON (Chair), Professor,

School of Public Health, and

Director,

Center for Global and Immigrant Health, University of California, Los Angeles

MAUREEN BLACK, Scholl Family Professor of Pediatrics,

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

PATRICIA B. CRAWFORD, Co-Director,

Center for Weight and Health and

Adjunct Professor,

School of Public Health, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Technology, University of California, Berkeley

BARBARA DEVANEY, Senior Vice President and Director,

Human Services Research, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ

MIRIAM LABBOK, Professor of the Practice of Public Health,

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

JACKSON P. SEKHOBO, Director,

Evaluation and Analysis Unit, Bureau of Administration and Evaluation, Division of Nutrition, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

SHANNON E. WHALEY, Director of Research and Evaluation,

Public Health Foundation Enterprise WIC Program, Irwindale, CA

Study Staff

SHEILA MOATS, Study Director

CAROL WEST SUITOR, Consultant and Rapporteur

SAUNDRA LEE, Senior Program Assistant (until October 15, 2010)

ANTON L. BANDY, Financial Associate

GERALDINE KENNEDO, Administrative Assistant

LINDA D. MEYERS, Director, Food and Nutrition Board

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Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteur and the institution.

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Janet Currie, Department of Economics, Columbia University

Philip M. Gleason, Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Julie Reeder, Senior Research Analyst, WIC Program, Oregon Department of Human Services

Jamie S. Stang, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Melvin Worth (retired), Institute of Medicine. Appointed by the National Research Council he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the author and the institution.

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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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