Improving Women, Infants, and Children Participation Using Quality Improvement Methodology

Authors

Samuel Little, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Sarah Stone, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Jeffrey D. Colvin, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Sidney Smith, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Brenda Hilboldt, Children's Mercy Hospital
Laura Williams, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Patricia Marein, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Keith Mann, Children's Mercy Hospital
Kristi Williams, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

10-2019

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Abstract

Food insecurity, when a household is unable to acquire food for one or more of its members due to insufficient resources, has recently been on the decline in the United States, according to official 2017 USDA reports.

Unfortunately, this decline has not been observed to the same extent in the demographic of households with children.

WIC is a federal assistance program that works to alleviate the poor health outcomes associated with food insecurity in this demographic by providing eligible, enrolled families with nutritional aid and education.

The specific aim of the project is to increase the percentage of maximum potential WIC appointments that are attended to 85% within 9 months, thus improving nutritional health for eligible individuals within the community.

MeSH Keywords

Food Supply; Social Determinants of Health; Food Assistance; Quality Improvement

Keywords

Food Insecurity; WIC Program

Disciplines

Maternal and Child Health | Pediatrics

Recommended Citation

Little, Samuel; Stone, Sarah; Colvin, Jeffrey D.; Smith, Sidney; Hilboldt, Brenda; Williams, Laura; Marein, Patricia; Mann, Keith; and Williams, Kristi, "Improving Women, Infants, and Children Participation Using Quality Improvement Methodology" (2019). Posters. 134.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/134