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A 7 page research paper that describes the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, with a particular focus on Kentucky. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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for high-risk populations" (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, 2010). The WIC is designed specifically to the nutritional needs of women, infants and children who are considered to be
"at risk" and research, beginning with the start of this program in 1974, demonstrates that it has "earned the reputation of being one of the most successful Federally-funded nutrition programs"
in the US (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, 2010). As this indicates the WIC is important because this program saves lives, as it results in "longer pregnancies,
fewer premature births" and a lower incidence of low birth weight babies" (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, 2010). According to the federal government, there were 139,100 participants enrolled
in the WIC program in Kentucky in 2010 and 9,175,478 enrolled in the country as a whole ("WIC Program," 2011). Public health department plan of action The action plan
developed by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) demonstrates the process of creating an effective action plans and the components involved. This account emphasizes that in order to
address all of the health and/or nutrition problems evident among an agencys WIC population, the action plan should be focused (IDPH, 2011). This requires a nutrition education needs assessment; and,
after the assessment is completed, the action plan will be written to address these needs (IDPH, 2011). The assessment should examine the nutrition education priorities required by pregnant women, women
who are breastfeeding, and postpartum women, as well as infants and children (IDPH, 2011). A well-written action plan provides a road map "or blue print to communicate information to
WIC staff, community planners and/or finders" (IDPH, 2011, p. 19). It should also describe the activities that will be initiated, as well as the "proposed methodologies to be used in
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