OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s StudentEmily Sperber

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and

Children (WIC)

Rotation: Nutrition Education &Public Health6 Weeks at the Portland State Office Building

Agenda

♦ Major Projects

- Group Activity

♦ Additional Work

♦ Closing Thoughts

♦ Questions

OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s StudentEmily Sperber

Major Projects

1. Breastfeeding Bonus Life-Size Poster Expansion Project

2. Group-Centered Education Lesson Plan: “Bringing Home Baby”

3. Assessment Surveys: 2012 National WIC Association Calendar

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Breastfeeding Bonus Life-Size Poster Expansion Project

•Met with Niani to obtain background information on Breastfeeding Bonus Awards, specifically the Jackson County WIC project.

•Contacted Debbie Mote-Watson with Jackson County WIC to discuss the possibility of expanding the project to other counties in Oregon.

•Contacted Party Stand-Ups! in Florida regarding the cost of implementing this project on a larger scale.

•Presented information at the Breastfeeding Team meeting.

•Sent consent forms to Debbie for the mothers to sign.

NEXT STEPS: 1. Research the interest other counties/clinics

have in implementing this type of campaign2. Budget

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Emily Sperber OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

Group-Centered Education Lesson Plan: “Bringing Home

Baby”

Emily Sperber OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

•Read the National WIC Association’s magazine edition: “Bringing Home Baby”.

•Read the Oregon WIC Nutrition Education Guidance tool to gain some background information on creating group-centered education lesson plans.

•Drafted the first version of the lesson plan.

•Following many revisions (Sara & Bonnie), the final draft was created.

Assessment Surveys: 2012 National WIC Association

Calendar

•Met with Nhu to gather some background information & discuss reasons for conducting calendar assessment.

•Drafted the first version of the assessment, which includes a survey for the staff and for participants.

•Revisions and edits (Nhu, Susan & Dora).

•Final version (includes a Spanish translation of the participant survey).

NEXT STEPS: 1. Send the staff survey out via email or Survey Monkey. 2. Send the participant survey out electronically and fill out surveys in clinics.

Total Hours Spent in Meetings, Webinars, and Conferences:

-63 hours-33% of my rotation here at WIC

TCT, NLST, NCO, PC Groups, LA Review, LAWN, BF Team, OFH Current Topics, CHC, as well as meetings getting to know several staff members.

JAD Session, Weight of the Nation, The SPIN Program at UCSD, Hypoglycemia and the Breastfeeding Newborn, Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition; Implementing the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in the US.

Meetings Webinars

What else?

LOTS of reading!

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And…?

•Local Agency Review (Columbia County)

•PLACE Matters Conference

•Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding

•Presentations (Sara: FNS Core Nutrition Messages at Dairy

Council, Candidate Job Talks for the Center for Prevention

and Health Promotion Administrator position)

•Worksite Wellness Knowledge

•Helped edit the Weight of the Nation webinar PowerPoint

•Completed Childhood Hunger Coalition’s Online Course

•WIC Clinic (Newberg & McMinnville)

•Module: WIC Listens- An Introduction to WIC Participant Centered

Education

•eWIC

OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s StudentEmily Sperber

Yoga

OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s StudentEmily Sperber

Wellness strolls past the Pixie Project…

South Waterfront Walking Group

Meets every Sunday at 10 AM (rain or shine) at March Wellness & Fitness Center on the South Waterfront.

Closing Thoughts

- Exposure to the field of public health.

- Access to/Availability of Resources, Built Environment.

- Realized the impact & importance of WIC services at the individual/ family, local, state, and national levels.

- I enjoyed seeing WIC work at state and local agency/clinic level.

- Grateful for Community/Public Health Employees!

Emily Sperber OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

Questions?

OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s StudentEmily Sperber

THANK YOU!

Emily Sperber OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student