Preventing Childhood Obesity through Early Feeding and Parenting Guidance
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Elizabeth Reifsnider, PhD, WHNP, PHCNS-BC, FAAN
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1 R01DK096488-01A1
This study will demonstrate that community health workers (CHW), supervised by public health nurses, can deliver a home-based obesity prevention intervention to low-income Mexican and Mexican-American women and children in a major urban area. The CHW will work with WIC clients to support them in breastfeeding their infants and teach them about feeding and caring for their infants. Obesity, especially among low income minority children, is a grave threat to the current and future health of our nation, and culturally congruent, community supported interventions are needed to reverse this epidemic.