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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—The Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Nutrition Education Study
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on the
proposed collection of data for the WIC
Nutrition Education Study. This is a
NEW information collection. The
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) is administered at the
Federal level by the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Through Federal grants to
States, WIC provides supplemental
foods, health care referrals, and
nutrition education to low-income
pregnant, breastfeeding, and nonbreastfeeding postpartum women and to
infants and children who are found to
be at nutritional risk. The Healthy
Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111–296, Sec. 305) mandates programs
under its authorization, including WIC,
to cooperate with USDA program
research and evaluation activities. WIC’s
mission is to safeguard the health of
low-income women, infants, and
children up to age 5 who are at
nutritional risk by providing nutritious
foods to supplement diets, information
on healthy eating, and referrals to health
care.
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Nutrition education is the program
feature often viewed as pivotal to WIC’s
success in achieving its mission to
safeguard the health of low-income
women, infants, and children. By
Federal directive, all participants have
the opportunity to participate in
nutrition education at least two times
during a 6-month period of eligibility or
quarterly for a 12-month period. State
and local WIC agencies have significant
flexibility to design nutrition education
appropriate for the demographics of
their participants within established
goals. This flexibility has yielded a
range of messages, delivery systems and
approaches, qualifications and training
for educators, and quality.
The WIC Nutrition Education Study
will provide a nationally representative
description of how nutrition education
is currently being provided to WIC
recipients across the country. It will also
conduct a pilot study of the impact of
nutrition education on WIC recipients’
nutrition and physical activity
behaviors. This study will provide FNS
with a better understanding of nutrition
education practices and methods used
by WIC and of the effectiveness of
current WIC nutrition education
services. The study will document how
nutrition education is being provided
subsequent to several program changes,
including the 2009 food package
changes, the implementation of the
initiative to Revitalize Quality Nutrition
Services (RQNS), and the use of new
technology, among a racially and
ethnically diverse population.
Understanding optimal educational
topics and methods, how to maximize
participant engagement, the best
approaches for delivery and
reinforcement of messages, and how to
effectively prepare and support WIC
nutrition educators is key to informing
WIC nutrition education improvements.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 18, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments are
invited on (a) whether the proposed
data collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions that were used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Written comments may be sent to:
Rich Lucas, Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Policy Support,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food
and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to the attention of
Rich Lucas at 703–305–2576 or via
email to Richard.Lucas@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will also be a
matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Rich Lucas at 703–
305–2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: The
Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) Nutrition Education
Study.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet
determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The purpose of the WIC
Nutrition Education Study is to (1)
provide a nationally representative
description of how nutrition education
is currently being provided to recipients
of the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC) and (2) develop an
evaluation plan for a national study to
measure the impact of WIC nutrition
education on the nutrition and physical
activity behaviors of women and their
children. This study will be conducted
in two phases.
In Phase I, data will be collected from
WIC local agencies and their local sites
via a nationally representative survey
and in-depth telephone interviews with
a subset of the survey respondents. The
objectives of Phase I include:
• Describe the policies, practices,
staff qualifications, and other features
affecting nutrition education across all
sites within a local agency.
• Describe the logistics and features
of nutrition education service delivery,
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staff characteristics, modes of education,
and facilities and resources for
delivering nutrition education at the site
level.
• Describe the dosage and duration of
various nutrition education processes.
• Assess the frequency of various
nutrition education processes overall
and by geographic distribution and local
agency and site characteristics.
• Inform the selection of the sites for
the Phase II pilot study.
The Phase II pilot study will include
a process and impact evaluation with
six geographically dispersed local WIC
sites. The objectives of Phase II include:
• Process evaluation: Describe the
context for and implementation of
nutrition education in each of the six
pilot sites.
• Impact evaluation: Measure the
strength of association between
exposure to WIC nutrition education
and changes in participant health
behaviors and other outcomes (e.g.,
readiness for change, self-efficacy, food
acquisition and management, eating
behaviors, breastfeeding habits, dietary
intake, and physical and sedentary
activity habits).
Data collection for the process
evaluation will include semi-structured
interviews with WIC site staff,
observations of nutrition education
delivery, an online survey of nutrition
educators, review of Local Agency
Nutrition Education Plans and
administrative data, and focus groups
with WIC participants. Data collection
for the impact evaluation will include a
survey of WIC participants at three time
points (baseline, interim, final) over a
12-month period.
Combined, Phases I and II of this
study will result in a comprehensive
description of WIC nutrition education
processes that will provide information
on optimal educational topics and
methods, how to maximize participant
engagement, and the best approaches for
delivery and reinforcement of nutrition
education messages. FNS will use this
information to inform WIC nutrition
education improvements, thus
improving the health of low-income
women and children at nutritional risk.
There are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
Affected Public
Phase I
• State and local WIC agencies and
sites (50 State agencies, 1,000 WIC local
agencies and 2,000 WIC sites): State
agency directors, local agency WIC
directors/managers, local WIC site
supervisors/nutritionists. We estimate
50 State agencies and 50 local agencies
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will need to be contacted and will
provide information needed for drawing
the sample for the Site Survey. We
estimate that 80% or 800 of the local
agencies and 80% or 1,600 of the WIC
sites will participate in the survey and
that 80 of the sites (from the 1,600
responding sites) will participate in the
telephone interviews.
Phase II
• State and local WIC sites (6 WIC
sites selected from sites responding to
Phase I): Local WIC site supervisors,
nutritionists/nutrition assistants, WIC
State agency staff. For the six pilot WIC
sites, all of the local WIC site
supervisors will participate in the
baseline, interim, and final interviews
and all of the State agencies for these
sites will provide the requested
administrative data. We estimate that 30
of the WIC nutritionists/nutrition
assistants at these sites will complete
the Web-based survey of nutrition
educators.
• Individual/household (1,100 WIC
participants): Respondent groups
include pregnant and postpartum
women enrolled in the WIC program
and mothers or caregivers of children
aged 1 year to age 4 years who are
enrolled in the WIC program at the six
selected WIC sites. A subset of these
respondents (96) will take part in focus
group discussions.
Estimated Number of Respondents
As presented in Table 1, the total
number of respondents is 4,206. For
Phase I, FNS estimates that 50 State
agency directors and 50 local agency
staff will provide information needed to
draw the sample, 800 local agency WIC
directors/program managers will
complete the Local Agency Survey (of
these, we estimate 50 individuals may
need to be contacted to provide
information to draw the sample), and
1,600 local WIC site supervisors/
nutritionists will complete the Site
Survey. The surveys are web-based with
a paper version available for
respondents without Internet access. A
subset of the local WIC site supervisors/
nutritionists (80) will complete in-depth
telephone interviews.
For Phase II, 6 respondents are local
WIC site supervisors who will complete
three in-person or telephone interviews
(baseline, interim, and final) during the
12-month study period (some of these
individuals may have also participated
in the Phase I Site Survey).
Additionally, 30 are WIC nutritionists/
nutrition assistants who will complete a
web-based survey (some of these
individuals may have also participated
in the Phase I Site Survey), and 24 are
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WIC State agency staff who will provide
WIC administrative data.
A total of 1,100 respondents are WIC
participants from the six selected WIC
sites. Of the 1,100 WIC participants
approached for screening, 900 will agree
to be screened and will be eligible for
the study. Of these, 800 will agree to
enroll in the study and complete the
baseline survey, 640 will complete the
interim survey, and 600 will complete
the final survey. A subset of WIC
participants (96) will take part in focus
group discussions.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent
For Phase I, there is one response per
respondent. For Phase II, the WIC
participants will complete three surveys
and the local WIC site supervisors will
complete three interviews (baseline,
interim, and final) during the 12-month
study period. Data will be collected
from other respondent types only once.
Estimated Total Annual Responses
The total annualized estimated
number of responses is 2,334. For Phase
I this includes 17 responses from State
agency directors, 351 responses for local
agency WIC directors/program
managers, and 668 responses for local
WIC site supervisors/nutritionists. A
subsample of 33 local WIC site
supervisors/nutritionists will be
contacted for the telephone interviews.
For Phase II this includes 13 responses
for WIC nutritionists/nutrition
assistants, 6 responses for local WIC site
supervisors, 4 responses from State
Agency staff, and 1,242 responses for
WIC participants. The Annualized
burden (last column of Table 1) should
be multiplied by 3 to get the burden
over the life of the 3-year data collection
period.
Estimated Time per Response
Phase I: State agency and local agency
directors will take 30 minutes (0.5
hours) to respond to the request for
information to draw the sample, local
agency WIC directors/program managers
will take 45 minutes (0.75 hours) to
respond to the web-based Local Agency
Survey, and local WIC site supervisors/
nutritionists will take 45 minutes (0.75
hours) to respond to the web-based Site
Survey. Local WIC site supervisors/
nutritionists will take 30 minutes (0.5
hours) to respond to the in-depth
telephone interviews.
Phase II: WIC nutritionists/nutrition
assistants will take 20 minutes (0.334
hours) to respond to the web-based
survey. Local WIC site supervisors will
take 45 minutes (0.75 hours) to respond
to the baseline interview, 15 minutes
(0.25 hours) to respond to the interim
interview, and 15 minutes (0.25 hours)
to respond to the final interview. WIC
State agency staff will take 1.5 hours to
respond to the WIC administrative data
request, which can be done once at the
end of the 12-month study period. WIC
participants will take 15 minutes (0.25
hours) to complete the in-person
screening interview, 20 minutes (0.334
hours) to complete the baseline survey,
20 minutes (0.334 hours) to complete
the interim survey, and 20 minutes
(0.334 hours) to complete the final
survey. Additionally, it will take 90
minutes (1.5 hours) for WIC participants
who agree to take part in the focus
group discussions.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: FNS estimates the
annualized burden is 1,022.43 hours.
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Frequency of
responses per
respondent
(annualized
based on 3
years)
Estimated
number of
respondents
Respondents by type of interview
Estimated
total annual
responses
Estimated
average
burden hours
per response
Estimated
total annual
hour burden1
Phase I—National Survey and Interviews of Local WIC Staff
Request information for drawing sample from State agency directors
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
50
0
0.334
0.000
16.70
0.00
0.5000
0.0000
8.35
0.00
50
0
0.334
0.000
16.70
0.00
0.5000
0.0000
8.35
0.00
800
200
0.334
0.334
267.20
66.80
0.7500
0.0835
200.40
5.58
1,600
400
0.334
0.334
534.40
133.60
0.7500
0.0835
400.80
11.16
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
80
20
0.334
0.334
26.72
6.68
0.5000
0.0835
13.36
0.56
WIC Staff Total ....................................................
3,050
1068.80
........................
648.55
10.02
0.3340
3.35
Request information for drawing sample from local agency directors
Completed 2 ................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Web-based survey of local agency WIC directors/program managers
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Web-based survey of local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
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Telephone interviews with local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists 3
..........................
Phase II—Pilot Evaluation Study (State/Local WIC Staff)
Web-based survey of WIC nutritionists/nutrition assistants
Completed 4 ................................................................
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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Frequency of
responses per
respondent
(annualized
based on 3
years)
Estimated
number of
respondents
Respondents by type of interview
Attempted ....................................................................
Estimated
total annual
responses
Estimated
average
burden hours
per response
Estimated
total annual
hour burden1
8
0.334
2.67
0.0835
0.22
6
0
0.334
0.000
2.00
0.00
0.7500
0.0000
1.50
0.00
6
0
0.667
0.000
4.00
0.00
0.2500
0.0000
1.00
0.00
Baseline in-person interviews with local WIC site supervisors
Completed 4 ................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Interim and final telephone interviews with local WIC site supervisors
Completed 4 ................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Request WIC administrative data from State Agency staff
........................
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
12
0
WIC Staff Total ....................................................
56
0.334
0.000
4.01
0.00
6.01
0.00
22.71
..........................
1.5000
0.0000
........................
12.09
Phase II—Pilot Evaluation Study (WIC Participants)
In-person screening interview of WIC participants
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
900
200
0.334
0.334
300.60
66.80
0.2500
0.0835
75.15
5.58
800
100
0.334
0.334
267.20
33.40
0.3340
0.0334
89.24
1.12
640
160
0.334
0.334
213.76
53.44
0.3340
0.0334
71.40
1.78
600
200
0.334
0.334
200.40
66.80
0.3340
0.0334
66.93
2.23
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
96
24
0.334
0.334
32.06
8.02
1.5000
0.0334
48.10
0.27
WIC Participant Total ..........................................
1,100
..........................
1242.48
........................
361.80
Annualized Total ...........................................
4,206
0.5549
2333.99
0.4381
1022.43
Baseline survey of WIC participants (in-person/mail)
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Interim survey of WIC participants (mail/phone)
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Final survey of WIC participants (mail/phone)
Completed ...................................................................
Attempted ....................................................................
Focus groups with WIC participants 5
1 Annual
2 Not
hour burden will need to be multiplied by 3 for the total 3 year data collection period.
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3 Not included in the Total for Estimated Number of Respondents because these respondents are a subset of participants to the Site Survey.
4 Some of these individuals may have also participated in the Phase I Site Survey.
5 Not included in the Total for Estimated Number of Respondents because these participants are a subset of respondents to the Participant
Surveys.
Dated: January 9, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Education Study
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on the proposed collection of data for the WIC Nutrition Education
Study. This is a NEW information collection. The Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is
administered at the Federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Through Federal grants to
States, WIC provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and
nutrition education to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-
breastfeeding postpartum women and to infants and children who are
found to be at nutritional risk. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010 (Pub. L. 111-296, Sec. 305) mandates programs under its
authorization, including WIC, to cooperate with USDA program research
and evaluation activities. WIC's mission is to safeguard the health of
low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at
nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets,
information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
Nutrition education is the program feature often viewed as pivotal
to WIC's success in achieving its mission to safeguard the health of
low-income women, infants, and children. By Federal directive, all
participants have the opportunity to participate in nutrition education
at least two times during a 6-month period of eligibility or quarterly
for a 12-month period. State and local WIC agencies have significant
flexibility to design nutrition education appropriate for the
demographics of their participants within established goals. This
flexibility has yielded a range of messages, delivery systems and
approaches, qualifications and training for educators, and quality.
The WIC Nutrition Education Study will provide a nationally
representative description of how nutrition education is currently
being provided to WIC recipients across the country. It will also
conduct a pilot study of the impact of nutrition education on WIC
recipients' nutrition and physical activity behaviors. This study will
provide FNS with a better understanding of nutrition education
practices and methods used by WIC and of the effectiveness of current
WIC nutrition education services. The study will document how nutrition
education is being provided subsequent to several program changes,
including the 2009 food package changes, the implementation of the
initiative to Revitalize Quality Nutrition Services (RQNS), and the use
of new technology, among a racially and ethnically diverse population.
Understanding optimal educational topics and methods, how to maximize
participant engagement, the best approaches for delivery and
reinforcement of messages, and how to effectively prepare and support
WIC nutrition educators is key to informing WIC nutrition education
improvements.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 18, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed
data collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Written comments may be sent to: Rich Lucas, Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Policy Support, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Rich Lucas at 703-305-2576 or via email to
Richard.Lucas@fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
also be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Rich Lucas at 703-305-2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: The Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Education
Study.
OMB Number: 0584-NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The purpose of the WIC Nutrition Education Study is to
(1) provide a nationally representative description of how nutrition
education is currently being provided to recipients of the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
and (2) develop an evaluation plan for a national study to measure the
impact of WIC nutrition education on the nutrition and physical
activity behaviors of women and their children. This study will be
conducted in two phases.
In Phase I, data will be collected from WIC local agencies and
their local sites via a nationally representative survey and in-depth
telephone interviews with a subset of the survey respondents. The
objectives of Phase I include:
Describe the policies, practices, staff qualifications,
and other features affecting nutrition education across all sites
within a local agency.
Describe the logistics and features of nutrition education
service delivery, staff characteristics, modes of education, and
facilities and resources for delivering nutrition education at the site
level.
Describe the dosage and duration of various nutrition
education processes.
Assess the frequency of various nutrition education
processes overall and by geographic distribution and local agency and
site characteristics.
Inform the selection of the sites for the Phase II pilot
study.
The Phase II pilot study will include a process and impact
evaluation with six geographically dispersed local WIC sites. The
objectives of Phase II include:
Process evaluation: Describe the context for and
implementation of nutrition education in each of the six pilot sites.
Impact evaluation: Measure the strength of association
between exposure to WIC nutrition education and changes in participant
health behaviors and other outcomes (e.g., readiness for change, self-
efficacy, food acquisition and management, eating behaviors,
breastfeeding habits, dietary intake, and physical and sedentary
activity habits).
Data collection for the process evaluation will include semi-
structured interviews with WIC site staff, observations of nutrition
education delivery, an online survey of nutrition educators, review of
Local Agency Nutrition Education Plans and administrative data, and
focus groups with WIC participants. Data collection for the impact
evaluation will include a survey of WIC participants at three time
points (baseline, interim, final) over a 12-month period.
Combined, Phases I and II of this study will result in a
comprehensive description of WIC nutrition education processes that
will provide information on optimal educational topics and methods, how
to maximize participant engagement, and the best approaches for
delivery and reinforcement of nutrition education messages. FNS will
use this information to inform WIC nutrition education improvements,
thus improving the health of low-income women and children at
nutritional risk. There are no costs to respondents other than their
time.
Affected Public
Phase I
State and local WIC agencies and sites (50 State agencies,
1,000 WIC local agencies and 2,000 WIC sites): State agency directors,
local agency WIC directors/managers, local WIC site supervisors/
nutritionists. We estimate 50 State agencies and 50 local agencies will
need to be contacted and will provide information needed for drawing
the sample for the Site Survey. We estimate that 80% or 800 of the
local agencies and 80% or 1,600 of the WIC sites will participate in
the survey and that 80 of the sites (from the 1,600 responding sites)
will participate in the telephone interviews.
Phase II
State and local WIC sites (6 WIC sites selected from sites
responding to Phase I): Local WIC site supervisors, nutritionists/
nutrition assistants, WIC State agency staff. For the six pilot WIC
sites, all of the local WIC site supervisors will participate in the
baseline, interim, and final interviews and all of the State agencies
for these sites will provide the requested administrative data. We
estimate that 30 of the WIC nutritionists/nutrition assistants at these
sites will complete the Web-based survey of nutrition educators.
Individual/household (1,100 WIC participants): Respondent
groups include pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in the WIC
program and mothers or caregivers of children aged 1 year to age 4
years who are enrolled in the WIC program at the six selected WIC
sites. A subset of these respondents (96) will take part in focus group
discussions.
Estimated Number of Respondents
As presented in Table 1, the total number of respondents is 4,206.
For Phase I, FNS estimates that 50 State agency directors and 50 local
agency staff will provide information needed to draw the sample, 800
local agency WIC directors/program managers will complete the Local
Agency Survey (of these, we estimate 50 individuals may need to be
contacted to provide information to draw the sample), and 1,600 local
WIC site supervisors/nutritionists will complete the Site Survey. The
surveys are web-based with a paper version available for respondents
without Internet access. A subset of the local WIC site supervisors/
nutritionists (80) will complete in-depth telephone interviews.
For Phase II, 6 respondents are local WIC site supervisors who will
complete three in-person or telephone interviews (baseline, interim,
and final) during the 12-month study period (some of these individuals
may have also participated in the Phase I Site Survey). Additionally,
30 are WIC nutritionists/nutrition assistants who will complete a web-
based survey (some of these individuals may have also participated in
the Phase I Site Survey), and 24 are
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WIC State agency staff who will provide WIC administrative data.
A total of 1,100 respondents are WIC participants from the six
selected WIC sites. Of the 1,100 WIC participants approached for
screening, 900 will agree to be screened and will be eligible for the
study. Of these, 800 will agree to enroll in the study and complete the
baseline survey, 640 will complete the interim survey, and 600 will
complete the final survey. A subset of WIC participants (96) will take
part in focus group discussions.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent
For Phase I, there is one response per respondent. For Phase II,
the WIC participants will complete three surveys and the local WIC site
supervisors will complete three interviews (baseline, interim, and
final) during the 12-month study period. Data will be collected from
other respondent types only once.
Estimated Total Annual Responses
The total annualized estimated number of responses is 2,334. For
Phase I this includes 17 responses from State agency directors, 351
responses for local agency WIC directors/program managers, and 668
responses for local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists. A subsample of
33 local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists will be contacted for the
telephone interviews. For Phase II this includes 13 responses for WIC
nutritionists/nutrition assistants, 6 responses for local WIC site
supervisors, 4 responses from State Agency staff, and 1,242 responses
for WIC participants. The Annualized burden (last column of Table 1)
should be multiplied by 3 to get the burden over the life of the 3-year
data collection period.
Estimated Time per Response
Phase I: State agency and local agency directors will take 30
minutes (0.5 hours) to respond to the request for information to draw
the sample, local agency WIC directors/program managers will take 45
minutes (0.75 hours) to respond to the web-based Local Agency Survey,
and local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists will take 45 minutes (0.75
hours) to respond to the web-based Site Survey. Local WIC site
supervisors/nutritionists will take 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to respond
to the in-depth telephone interviews.
Phase II: WIC nutritionists/nutrition assistants will take 20
minutes (0.334 hours) to respond to the web-based survey. Local WIC
site supervisors will take 45 minutes (0.75 hours) to respond to the
baseline interview, 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to respond to the interim
interview, and 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to respond to the final
interview. WIC State agency staff will take 1.5 hours to respond to the
WIC administrative data request, which can be done once at the end of
the 12-month study period. WIC participants will take 15 minutes (0.25
hours) to complete the in-person screening interview, 20 minutes (0.334
hours) to complete the baseline survey, 20 minutes (0.334 hours) to
complete the interim survey, and 20 minutes (0.334 hours) to complete
the final survey. Additionally, it will take 90 minutes (1.5 hours) for
WIC participants who agree to take part in the focus group discussions.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: FNS estimates the
annualized burden is 1,022.43 hours.
Table 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Frequency of
responses per Estimated
Estimated respondent Estimated average burden Estimated
Respondents by type of interview number of (annualized total annual hours per total annual
respondents based on 3 responses response hour burden\1\
years)
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Phase I--National Survey and Interviews of Local WIC Staff
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Request information for drawing sample from State agency directors
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Completed................... 50 0.334 16.70 0.5000 8.35
Attempted................... 0 0.000 0.00 0.0000 0.00
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Request information for drawing sample from local agency directors
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Completed \2\............... 50 0.334 16.70 0.5000 8.35
Attempted................... 0 0.000 0.00 0.0000 0.00
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Web-based survey of local agency WIC directors/program managers
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Completed................... 800 0.334 267.20 0.7500 200.40
Attempted................... 200 0.334 66.80 0.0835 5.58
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Web-based survey of local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists
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Completed................... 1,600 0.334 534.40 0.7500 400.80
Attempted................... 400 0.334 133.60 0.0835 11.16
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Telephone interviews with local WIC site supervisors/nutritionists \3\
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Completed................... 80 0.334 26.72 0.5000 13.36
Attempted................... 20 0.334 6.68 0.0835 0.56
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WIC Staff Total......... 3,050 .............. 1068.80 .............. 648.55
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Phase II--Pilot Evaluation Study (State/Local WIC Staff)
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Web-based survey of WIC nutritionists/nutrition assistants
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Completed \4\............... 30 0.334 10.02 0.3340 3.35
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Attempted................... 8 0.334 2.67 0.0835 0.22
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Baseline in-person interviews with local WIC site supervisors
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Completed \4\............... 6 0.334 2.00 0.7500 1.50
Attempted................... 0 0.000 0.00 0.0000 0.00
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Interim and final telephone interviews with local WIC site supervisors
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Completed \4\............... 6 0.667 4.00 0.2500 1.00
Attempted................... 0 0.000 0.00 0.0000 0.00
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Request WIC administrative data from State Agency staff ..............
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Completed................... 12 0.334 4.01 1.5000 6.01
Attempted................... 0 0.000 0.00 0.0000 0.00
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WIC Staff Total......... 56 .............. 22.71 .............. 12.09
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Phase II--Pilot Evaluation Study (WIC Participants)
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In-person screening interview of WIC participants
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Completed................... 900 0.334 300.60 0.2500 75.15
Attempted................... 200 0.334 66.80 0.0835 5.58
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Baseline survey of WIC participants (in-person/mail)
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Completed................... 800 0.334 267.20 0.3340 89.24
Attempted................... 100 0.334 33.40 0.0334 1.12
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Interim survey of WIC participants (mail/phone)
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Completed................... 640 0.334 213.76 0.3340 71.40
Attempted................... 160 0.334 53.44 0.0334 1.78
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Final survey of WIC participants (mail/phone)
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Completed................... 600 0.334 200.40 0.3340 66.93
Attempted................... 200 0.334 66.80 0.0334 2.23
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Focus groups with WIC participants \5\
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Completed................... 96 0.334 32.06 1.5000 48.10
Attempted................... 24 0.334 8.02 0.0334 0.27
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WIC Participant Total... 1,100 .............. 1242.48 .............. 361.80
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Annualized Total.... 4,206 0.5549 2333.99 0.4381 1022.43
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\1\ Annual hour burden will need to be multiplied by 3 for the total 3 year data collection period.
\2\ Not included in the Total for Estimated Number of Respondents because these respondents are a subset of
participants to the Local Agency Survey.
\3\ Not included in the Total for Estimated Number of Respondents because these respondents are a subset of
participants to the Site Survey.
\4\ Some of these individuals may have also participated in the Phase I Site Survey.
\5\ Not included in the Total for Estimated Number of Respondents because these participants are a subset of
respondents to the Participant Surveys.
Dated: January 9, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-00827 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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