Module 5: Dietary: 400's
Dorothy knows that she cannot put on her Ruby Slippers without her blue socks, and we at WIC cannot assess the Diet without knowing what is going on with the participant’s growth and medical history. As you continue with your new friends (Scarecrow, Lion and Tinman) bring the information that has been gathered to the next part of the assessment. Now let’s apply it to nutrition.
Have On HAND
Workbook Pages 34-38ABCDE Assessment Tool
Nutrition Risk Manual
Module Summary
Diet and nutrition are critical aspects of a person’s well being. You need to be able to assist a participant who has questions or concerns about her diet or how to feed her children. This Module discusses how to gather information on eating habits, breastfeeding, formula preparation, and dietary preferences.
Module Objectives
- To be able to utilize critical thinking points to perform a complete assessment and how it applies to the WIC codes related to diet
- To become more familiar with the Diet WIC Codes (400's)
- To recognize when a referral is necessary
Module Highlights
What Does it Mean
The Diet portion of an assessment is our specialty, nutrition is what we do best! It means that you are the professional expert that a participant has come to with questions or concerns about their diet, or how to feed their children.Why are we concerned with nutrition?
We know that many of the body’s important functions relate directly to nutrition: growth and development, repairing damage, replacing dying cells, and carrying needed materials to working cells.How do you find out this information?
By asking the important open ended questions.
Now it is time for you to view a video and then practice with the activities. Please first watch the video near the top of the screen on the right, then you will be able work on the activities located in the purple box on the right side. When you have completed watching the video and your activities check-in with your Helping HAND before continuing.
