Effective Nutrition Education

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

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