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Effective Nutrition Education

Effective Nutrition Education. Follow Up and Support. Following Up on Nutrition Education. Should be interactive Strengthen nutrition education message Provides an opportunity to check progress on goals Provides positive support Identifies barriers. Follow-up Activities.

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Effective Nutrition Education

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  1. Effective Nutrition Education Follow Up and Support

  2. Following Up on Nutrition Education • Should be interactive • Strengthen nutrition education message • Provides an opportunity to check progress on goals • Provides positive support • Identifies barriers

  3. Follow-up Activities • Can be incorporated into: • A subsequent certification appointment • A scheduled secondary nutrition education appointment • A separate activity (check pick up, telephone call, etc) • Should not replace another nutrition education contact but is part of the process of nutrition education

  4. Transitions • Follow-up provides transition from: • The certification visit • The second nutrition education contact • The next certification visit

  5. Conversation Starters • Use open-ended questions and statements: • “I see you attended the class on using more whole grains. How have you done on implementing your goal of using more whole grain cereals?” • “So tell me how breastfeeding is going?” • When we last met, you said that you wanted to wean Johnny from the bottle. How did that go?”

  6. Example 1: Follow-up • Client attends low risk nutrition education • Identifies information learned • Sets goal for behavior change related to topic • Staff document new information in KWIC • At next certification visit • client is asked about progress toward goal(s) • Document progress in KWIC • Assist client to set/revise goals as needed

  7. Example 2: Follow-up • Breastfeeding peer counselor/WIC staff contact client by phone • Discuss concerns and set possible actions to overcome barriers to breastfeeding • Set date for next follow-up call • Staff contact client again by phone: • Determine how breastfeeding is going • Assess progress toward goals • Work with client to set new goals or actions • Document all contacts in KWIC record

  8. Continuing the Cycle • Effective Nutrition Education and support of clients continues in a cycle throughout the client’s WIC experience

  9. Process of Delivering Effective Nutrition Education

  10. Putting It All Together • Client comes to clinic for certification visit • Clinic is family and breastfeeding friendly • Nutrition/breastfeeding posters visible • Clinic staff greet client by name • Staff complete nutrition assessment using open-ended questions

  11. Putting It All Together • Staff use critical thinking to prioritize topics to cover • Determines client concerns and interests • Identifies any needed anticipatory guidance • Determine method to share information

  12. Putting It All Together • Discuss selected information with client • Interact with client • Guide client to set behavior change goals • Develop a plan for next visit • Provide written materials as needed

  13. Putting It All Together • At next nutrition education visit: • Meet individually with RD if high risk • Participate in low risk nutrition education if not high risk • Provide low risk nutrition education using chosen method • Guide client to set behavior change goals based upon the topics shared

  14. Putting It All Together • Follow up on goals set at next visit • Identify and praise progress made • Determine if client needs additional support to reach goals • Revise or add new goals as needed • Document in KWIC

  15. Questions?

  16. Congratulations!

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