REseArCH INteGration in Women, Infants, and Children

Completed

• Conditions: Body Weight Changes
• Interventions: Other: There is no intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02657577
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Brief Summary

WIC is a governmental program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education and referrals to other health and social services. With the goal of applying for a future grant to expand the dissemination of SmartLoss® within the WIC program, feedback from WIC staff and WIC clients must be solicited to better understand the burden and barriers of integrating these kinds of programs and with WIC participants.

Detailed Description

Participants will complete a 15 minute online survey. WIC Staff will be eligible to complete the WIC staff survey and WIC clients will be eligible to complete the WIC client survey. This is a qualitative research study designed to identify the receptiveness of implementing a weight management program in the WIC program and the barriers to weight management intervention as described by WIC staff and WIC clients.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-15
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-18
• Study Start: 2016-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-06-02
• Study Completion: 2016-06-02
• Results First Submitted: 2019-01-14
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Results First Submitted QC: 2022-09-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-26
• Results First Posted: 2023-08-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 628

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals who are at least 18 years old
• Have been employed or volunteered at a WIC Clinic or DHH in Louisiana for at least 6 months in the past 2 years OR received WIC services during pregnancy or postpartum or have had a child who received WIC services in the past 2 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Less than 18 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
WIC clients	There is no intervention	WIC client is eligible to complete the WIC client online survey if the individual is at least 18 years of age and received WIC services during pregnancy or postpartum or have had a child who received WIC services in the past 2 years.
WIC staff	There is no intervention	WIC staff is eligible to complete the WIC staff online survey if the individual is at least 18 years of age and have been employed at a WIC Clinic or DHH in Louisiana for at least 6 months in the past 2 years.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Barriers to WIC Appointments as Described by WIC Clients	1 day	WIC clients were asked what are barriers that they experience attending their WIC appointments.
Receptiveness to Weight Management Interventions in the WIC Program	1 day	WIC staff and WIC clients were asked if they were receptive to implementing weight management interventions in the WIC program with answer options: Yes, No, Neutral, or Unanswered.
Lack of Staff at WIC Appointments as a Barrier to Implementing Weight Management Interventions as Described by WIC Staff	1 day	WIC staff were asked to choose the how they feel about lack of staff as a barrier to implementing weight management interventions at WIC appointments.
Lack of Training at WIC Appointments as a Barrier to Implementing Weight Management Interventions as Described by WIC Staff	1 day	WIC staff were asked to choose the how they feel about lack of training as a barrier to implementing weight management interventions at WIC appointments.
Lack of Time at WIC Appointments as a Barrier to Implementing Weight Management Interventions as Described by WIC Staff	1 day	WIC staff were asked to choose the how they feel about lack of time as a barrier to implementing weight management interventions at WIC appointments.