The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia

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dc.contributor.advisorColvin, Christopher Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorGazmararian, Julie Aen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMunyati, Bob Mwiingaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-03T14:10:50Z
dc.date.available2016-02-03T14:10:50Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical referencesen_ZA
dc.description.abstractOPurpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the revised Women Infant and Children (WIC) programme on whole grain consumption among WIC participating children. In addition, this study aims to investigate how knowledge on whole grain consumption and/or perceptions on cost of whole grain contribute to consumption. Background: The WIC programme is a supplementary nutrition programme for women, infants and children which seeks to promote the health of women who are pregnant, postpartium and lactating and children up to the age of 5 years. The WIC programme is aimed at low-income women and children facing nutritional risk. This nutritional risk is classified by a number of factors that include anaemia, underweight, overweight, history of pregnancy complication or poor pregnancy outcomes. Women and children facing nutritional risk are provided with services that include supplementary foods, nutrition and education counselling, screening and referral to other health, welfare and social services. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of the Phase II Emory WIC study that investigated the impact of the new WIC programme on fruit and vegetable consumption among participating women. In addition to this, the primary study also investigated the consumption of whole grain foods. The study population consisted of 77 women and their children that attended routine visits in two Metro-Atlanta WIC clinics. In order to meet the aims of this secondary analysis, this study will firstly undertake a univariate analysis and thereafter simple bivariate analysis intended to determine any associations between exposure/risk factors (i.e. old and new WIC Emory Voucher package) and response variables. In addition to the above analysis, paired-tests will be conducted to determine if there is any statistical significant increase in whole grain consumption between; (a.) baseline and week 1 and (b.) baseline and 4 week. Finally, in order to account for possible confounding not taken into consideration by the aforementioned analysis, this study will use General Estimating Equation (GEE) approach to model the change in whole grain consumption over time (from baseline to 4 weeks). It is anticipated that the above methodology will help answer the objectives of this research. Conclusion: It is hoped that the results of the study will highlight possible socio-economic factors that may lead to greater consumption of whole grain foods and provide recommendations on how to best improve the WIC programme with regard to Whole Grain Foods (WGFs) among participating children.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMunyati, B. M. (2015). <i>The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16710en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMunyati, Bob Mwiinga. <i>"The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16710en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMunyati, B. 2015. The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Munyati, Bob Mwiinga AB - OPurpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the revised Women Infant and Children (WIC) programme on whole grain consumption among WIC participating children. In addition, this study aims to investigate how knowledge on whole grain consumption and/or perceptions on cost of whole grain contribute to consumption. Background: The WIC programme is a supplementary nutrition programme for women, infants and children which seeks to promote the health of women who are pregnant, postpartium and lactating and children up to the age of 5 years. The WIC programme is aimed at low-income women and children facing nutritional risk. This nutritional risk is classified by a number of factors that include anaemia, underweight, overweight, history of pregnancy complication or poor pregnancy outcomes. Women and children facing nutritional risk are provided with services that include supplementary foods, nutrition and education counselling, screening and referral to other health, welfare and social services. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of the Phase II Emory WIC study that investigated the impact of the new WIC programme on fruit and vegetable consumption among participating women. In addition to this, the primary study also investigated the consumption of whole grain foods. The study population consisted of 77 women and their children that attended routine visits in two Metro-Atlanta WIC clinics. In order to meet the aims of this secondary analysis, this study will firstly undertake a univariate analysis and thereafter simple bivariate analysis intended to determine any associations between exposure/risk factors (i.e. old and new WIC Emory Voucher package) and response variables. In addition to the above analysis, paired-tests will be conducted to determine if there is any statistical significant increase in whole grain consumption between; (a.) baseline and week 1 and (b.) baseline and 4 week. Finally, in order to account for possible confounding not taken into consideration by the aforementioned analysis, this study will use General Estimating Equation (GEE) approach to model the change in whole grain consumption over time (from baseline to 4 weeks). It is anticipated that the above methodology will help answer the objectives of this research. Conclusion: It is hoped that the results of the study will highlight possible socio-economic factors that may lead to greater consumption of whole grain foods and provide recommendations on how to best improve the WIC programme with regard to Whole Grain Foods (WGFs) among participating children. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia TI - The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16710 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16710
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMunyati BM. The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16710en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.titleThe impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgiaen_ZA
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