1. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
Rotation:
Nutrition Education &
Public Health
6 Weeks at the Portland State Office Building
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

2. Agenda ♦ Major Projects - Group Activity ♦ Additional Work
♦ Closing Thoughts
♦ Questions

3. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
Major Projects
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1. Breastfeeding Bonus Life-Size Poster Expansion Project
2. Group-Centered Education Lesson Plan: “Bringing Home Baby”
3. Assessment Surveys: 2012 National WIC Association Calendar
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Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

4. Breastfeeding Bonus Life-Size Poster Expansion Project
Met with Niani to obtain background information on Breastfeeding Bonus Awards, specifically the Jackson County WIC project.
Contacted Debbie Mote-Watson with Jackson County WIC to discuss the possibility of expanding the project to other counties in Oregon.
Contacted Party Stand-Ups! in Florida regarding the cost of implementing this project on a larger scale.
Presented information at the Breastfeeding Team meeting.
Sent consent forms to Debbie for the mothers to sign.
NEXT STEPS:
Research the interest other counties/clinics have in implementing this type of campaign
Budget
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5. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

6. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
Group-Centered Education Lesson Plan:
“Bringing Home Baby”
Read the National WIC Association’s magazine edition: “Bringing Home Baby”.
Read the Oregon WIC Nutrition Education Guidance tool to gain some background information on creating group-centered education lesson plans.
Drafted the first version of the lesson plan.
Following many revisions (Sara & Bonnie), the final draft was created.
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

7. Assessment Surveys: 2012 National WIC Association Calendar
Met with Nhu to gather some background information & discuss reasons for conducting calendar assessment.
Drafted the first version of the assessment, which includes a survey for the staff and for participants.
Revisions and edits (Nhu, Susan & Dora).
Final version (includes a Spanish translation of the participant survey).
NEXT STEPS:
1. Send the staff survey out via or Survey
Monkey.
2. Send the participant survey out electronically
and fill out surveys in clinics.

8. What else?
Meetings
Webinars
Total Hours Spent in Meetings, Webinars, and Conferences:
-63 hours
-33% of my rotation here at WIC
TCT, NLST, NCO, PC Groups, LA Review, LAWN, BF Team, OFH Current Topics, CHC, as well as meetings getting to know several staff members.
JAD Session, Weight of the Nation, The SPIN Program at UCSD, Hypoglycemia and the Breastfeeding Newborn, Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition; Implementing the Baby- Friendly Hospital Initiative in the US.

9. LOTS of reading!

10. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
And…?
Local Agency Review (Columbia County)
PLACE Matters Conference
Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
Presentations (Sara: FNS Core Nutrition Messages at Dairy
Council, Candidate Job Talks for the Center for Prevention
and Health Promotion Administrator position)
Worksite Wellness Knowledge
Helped edit the Weight of the Nation webinar PowerPoint
Completed Childhood Hunger Coalition’s Online Course
WIC Clinic (Newberg & McMinnville)
Module: WIC Listens- An Introduction to WIC Participant Centered Education
eWIC
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

11. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
Yoga
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

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Wellness strolls past the Pixie Project…
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

13. South Waterfront Walking Group
Meets every Sunday at 10 AM (rain or shine) at March Wellness & Fitness Center on the South Waterfront.

14. - Exposure to the field of public health.
Closing Thoughts
- Exposure to the field of public health.
- Access to/Availability of Resources, Built Environment.
- Realized the impact & importance of WIC services at the individual/ family, local, state, and national levels.
- I enjoyed seeing WIC work at state and local agency/clinic level.
- Grateful for Community/Public Health Employees!
PH is so far-reaching

15. OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student
Questions?
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

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If you have anymore questions, you know where to find me!
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student

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Thank you!
Emily Sperber
OHSU Dietetic Intern & Master’s Student