Status of program evaluations
By: Supplemental Food Programs Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
Publisher: The Division
Published: 1987
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: WIC Program; Infants; Governmental programs and projects; USDA; Program evaluation; Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.); Children; Women
Description: Abstract: A concise, factual report for food and nutrition program managers and policy makers provides summaries of 19 research activities under the USDA WIC supplemental feeding program. Information is provided for each of these activities under the categories of: major objectives and deliverables; study scope and approach; current status; and study contacts. The 19 WIC research activities included: analytical research projects; 9 types of studies (benefits targeting; breastfeeding promotion and demonstration; participant and program characteristics; program impact on children; eligibility population characteristics; income verification; administrative funds management; vendor management; vender identification); a planned 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS); computerized food package modeling; 2 projects for smoking reduction/cessation in pregnant women; patient flow analysis; local agency training center technology; management information system for state WIC vendor management meeting. Information on completion dates and contractors, where appropriate, also is included.
Notes: Cover title.

"July 1987."