New Series: Fast, Fun, Fresh Information!

Join us in early 2012 for five more fun—and fast—webinars showing how WIC is working to improve public health. Each half-hour briefing will highlight new research that documents the positive impacts of WIC on infant nutrition, staff wellness, childhood obesity prevention, or maternal and child health.

January 19:   Baby Food for Older Infants: How About a Fresh Option?
February 2:    WIC Worksite Wellness: A Powerful Tool for Cultural Change
February 16:  Breastfeeding and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: What’s the Connection?
February 23:  WIC Can Improve Interconception Health!
March 1:         WIC Saves Lives by Reducing Alcohol Use

See detailed descriptions below. All webinars are on Thursdays, 11:30 to Noon PST.
Sorry, we cannot offer CEU’s for these Webinars! Other questions? Call Meghan at CWA!
Click on the links below to register separately for each free Webinar. “See” you there!

1. Baby Food for Older Infants: How About a Fresh Option?

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Materials:

• Introduction and additional resources (PowerPoint slides)
• Panelists' presentation (PowerPoint slides)
• Webinar recording (Windows Media Player file) The audio is complete; we apologize that introduction slides are not visible for the first 5 minutes -- please use the link above.
• Policy Brief: WIC WORKS: WIC Infants Get New Tastes - Jarred Fruits and Vegetables

Speakers

• Loan Pham Kim, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
• Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD, Director of Research, Atkins Center for Weight and Health, UC Berkeley

2. WIC Worksite Wellness: A Powerful Tool for Cultural Change

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Materials:

• Introduction and additional resources (PowerPoint slides)
• Lorrene Ritchie's presentation (PowerPoint slides in PDF)
• CWA WIC Worksite Wellness Tools and Resources (web page)
• Lyshell Grigg's presentation (PowerPoint slides)
• Webinar recording (Windows Media Player file)
  All the presentations are complete; we apologize that some of the introductory information was inadvertently omitted.

Speakers:

• Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD, Director of Research, Atkins Center for Weight and Health, UC Berkeley
• Teresa Morris, WIC Worksite Wellness Coordinator, CWA
• Lyshell Grigg, RD, Worksite Wellness Coordinator, Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency
• Peggy Redfern, RD, CLC, WIC Director, Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency

3. Breastfeeding and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages:
What’s the Connection?

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Materials:

• Introduction and additional resources (PowerPoint slides)
• Shannon Whaley's presentation (PowerPoint slides)
• Harold Goldstein's presentation (PowerPoint slides)
• Webinar recording (Windows Media Player file)
  While the recording is complete, the introductory slides (first 5 minutes) do not show; you may wish to view them separately (the first PowerPoint file, above).

• Shannon Whaley, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, PHFE WIC Program, Los Angeles
• Harold Goldstein, DrPH, Executive Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy

4. WIC Can Improve Interconception Health!

Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- 11:30-Noon PST

Explore:

• Beyond Pregnancy:  Optimal Postpartum Care
• Opportunities to Prevent Prematurity
• Findings from a WIC Interconception Health Pilot Project

Speakers:

• Denise Gee, MPH, RD, Senior Nutritionist, PHFE WIC Program, Los Angeles
• Sharen Anthony, RD, MFCC, Senior Nutritionist, PHFE WIC Program, Los Angeles

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/932005602

5. WIC Saves Lives by Reducing Alcohol Use

Thursday, March 1, 2012 -- 11:30-Noon PST

Understand how:

• A “brief intervention” is effective in limiting drinking during pregnancy.
• This approach works in the busy WIC setting!
• Dramatic outcomes show how WIC can prevent alcohol-related infant mortality.

Speakers:

• Shannon Whaley, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, PHFE WIC Program, Los Angeles
• Samar MacGregor, MPH, RD, Senior Nutritionist, PHFE WIC Program, Los Angeles

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/388919674

2011 Webinar Archives:

Breastfeeding Breakthroughs! (11/15/11)

We Need WIC: Program's Economic Benefits (11/18/11)