Diarrheal Illness among Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Participants in Miami, Florida: Implications for Nutrition Education

Autor/inn/en	Davila, Evelyn P.; Trepka, Mary Jo; Newman, Frederick L.; Huffman, Fatma G.; Dixon, Zisca
Titel	Diarrheal Illness among Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Participants in Miami, Florida: Implications for Nutrition Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 41 (2009) 6, S.420-424 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-4046
DOI	10.1016/j.jneb.2008.11.008
Schlagwörter	Females; Safety; National Programs; Food Standards; Pregnancy; Infants; At Risk Persons; Nutrition Instruction; Clinics; Diseases; Mothers; Low Income Groups; Young Children; Health Behavior; Hygiene; Disease Control; Communicable Diseases; Health Promotion; Intervention; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Sicherheit; nicht übertragen; Lebensmittelgesetz; Schwangerschaft; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Risikogruppe; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung; Disease; Krankheit; Mother; Mutter; Frühe Kindheit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	Objective: To assess risk factors for diarrheal illness among clients of a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinic in Miami, FL. Design: A cross-sectional survey with questions about demographics, food safety practices, and diarrheal illness. Setting: WIC clinic operated by the Miami-Dade County Health Department in Florida. WIC is a national program for nutritionally at-risk, low-income young children and pregnant or postpartum women. Participants: WIC female clients at least 18 years of age who are able to read and speak English (n = 299). Main Outcome Measure: Diarrheal illness, defined as having at least 3 loose stools for 2 or more consecutive days during the previous 30 days. Analysis: Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses. Results: Food safety behaviors significantly associated with diarrheal illness included not washing hands before preparing meals (P = 0.048) and baby bottles (P = 0.045) or after changing diapers (P = 0.009) and not washing all items that touched raw meat before preparing the next food item (P = 0.023). In general, pregnant women reported less frequent hand washing and had a lower food safety score than nonpregnant women (P = 0.002). Conclusions and Implications: These findings suggest that interventions to improve food handling practices such as proper hand washing are needed for WIC clients, particularly pregnant women. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10