Appendix D5 Study Brochure for WIC Participant

Appendix D5. Study Brochure for WIC Participant

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The WIC Nutrition
Assessment and
Tailoring Study

Who is conducting the study?

Where do I get more information?

Under contract with the USDA Food and
Nutrition Service, Westat, an employeeowned research corporation located in
Rockville, MD, is the contractor leading
the study. Additional study team members
include:

Email questions to [email protected]

Insight Policy Research, Arlington, VA
PHFE WIC, City of Industry, CA
Gabor & Associates, Bethesda, MD

Why should I take part?
Findings will help to improve service
delivery to WIC participants.
You will receive a $20 gift card as a token
of our appreciation.
Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Any person depicted in
the photos is a model.

To learn more about the WIC program, go to
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
women-infants-and-children-wic
United States
Department of
Agriculture
This information is being collected to assist the Food and Nutrition Service in
obtaining a comprehensive and detailed description of the WIC nutrition risk
assessment process and the ways in which participant benefits are tailored to
address the assessment results. This is a voluntary collection and FNS will use
the information to improve the delivery and tailoring of WIC services and increase satisfaction of both staff and participants. This collection does request
personally identifiable information under the Privacy Act of 1974. According to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this
information collection is 0584-0663. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 3 minutes (0.05 hours) per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or
any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
Service, Office of Policy Support,1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria,
VA 22314 ATTN: PRA (0584-0663). Do not return the completed form to this
address.
56444.1119

OMB Approval No. 0584-0663
Expires xx/xx/20xx

The U.S.
Department of
Agriculture, Food
and Nutrition
Service is
sponsoring this
study to learn more
about the different
ways WIC staff seek
information about
their clients’ nutrition
needs, and how
the WIC staff use
that information to
meet their clients’
individual needs.

Who will take part?

What will I need to do?

 ver 500 WIC participants at 30 local
O
WIC clinics in 10 states.

Allow a study team member to observe
your visit with clinic staff.

Am I eligible to take part?

Participate in a follow-up interview
expected to take no more than 30 minutes.

You must be at least 18 years old and
visiting the WIC clinic for an enrollment
or re-certification visit to take part in
the study.

What is the timeline?
Visits to local WIC sites and participant
interviews will take place between [XX and
XX, 2022].
The final study report will be published
in [2023].