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Improving Women, Infants, And Children Participation Using Quality Improvement Methodology, Samuel Little, Sarah Stone, Jeffrey D. Colvin, Sidney Smith, Brenda Hilboldt, Laura Williams, Patricia Marein, Keith Mann, Kristi Williams
Improving Women, Infants, And Children Participation Using Quality Improvement Methodology, Samuel Little, Sarah Stone, Jeffrey D. Colvin, Sidney Smith, Brenda Hilboldt, Laura Williams, Patricia Marein, Keith Mann, Kristi Williams
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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 …
Implementing The Summer Food Service Program Within The Healthcare Setting, Laura M. Plencner, Margo Quiriconi, Sarah Sentmore, Molly Krager
Implementing The Summer Food Service Program Within The Healthcare Setting, Laura M. Plencner, Margo Quiriconi, Sarah Sentmore, Molly Krager
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The Summer Food Service Program was established to ensure that children continue to receive adequate nutrition while school is out. This poster describes how the program was implemented in the Children's Mercy Kansas City healthcare system from 2016-2018.