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New Income Guideline Rack Cards are here! We’ve created a survey for Local Agencies to fill out the number of rack cards in English and Spanish they would like to request. Please DO NOT SEND STATE STAFF AN ORDER FORM. Once you have submitted your survey the state staff will send them out. Please keep in mind that our staff usually sends out orders on Wednesday and Thursdays.
Please submit your order here: https://mdphhs.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bPHRq2AIay4tf1Q
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Powdered Alimentum formula is starting to be available in stores. However, the state office is still unable to order it. Please start checking with your local stores before issuing and/or ordering Alimentum ready to feed. |
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Breastfeeding is a public health priority, and the implementation of evidence-based maternity care practices supportive of breastfeeding contributes to improved breastfeeding outcomes. Thank you for Montana’s dedication to improving this critically important area of health care delivery.
Attached are the national, state, and regional reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2022 Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey, which will also be available on CDC’s website by Wednesday, June 7th: www.cdc.gov/mpinc [cdc.gov]. Nationwide, 72% of eligible hospitals chose to participate in the 2022 mPINC survey.
The evidence connecting hospital routines to breastfeeding rates is well established. In 2007, CDC launched the mPINC survey, to monitor infant feeding practices and policies during the birth hospitalization. The mPINC survey is a biennial census of hospitals providing maternity care in the United States and territories. CDC redesigned and launched an updated survey in 2018 to reflect changes in maternity care that had occurred. Given these changes, results from the 2018, 2020 and 2022 mPINC survey cannot be compared with results from previous years. Results from the updated survey (i.e., 2018, 2020, 2022) are comparable.
We invite you to share these reports widely with your membership and other key partners, and to use the data in these reports in your own related work. We have included suggested text below that may be helpful to you in sharing these reports. Please visit CDC’s mPINC website [cdc.gov] to learn more about our survey.
National MPINC Report
Regional MPINC Report
Montana MPINC Report
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Risk Code 425-Inappropriate Nutrition Practices for Children
Routine use of feeding practices that may result in impaired nutrient status, disease, or health problems.
425.7- Feeding dietary supplements with potentially harmful consequences. Examples of dietary supplements with when fed in excess of recommended dosage may be toxic or have harmful consequences include sing or multi-vitamins, mineral supplements and herbal or botanical supplements/remedies/teas.
425.8- Routinely not providing dietary supplements recognized as essential by national public health policy when a child’s diet alone cannot meet nutrient requirements. Examples include provided children under 36 months of age less than 0.25 mg of fluoride daily when the water supply contains less than 0.3 ppm fluoride, providing children 36-60 months of age less than 0.50 mg of fluoride daily when the water supply contains less than 0.3 ppm fluoride, and not providing 400IU of vitamin D if a child consumes less than 1 liter (or 1 quart) of vitamin D fortified milk or formula.
425.9- Routine ingestion of non-food items (pica). Examples of inappropriate nonfood items include ashes, carpet fibers, cigarettes or cigarette butts, clay, dust, foam rubber, paint chips, soil, and starch (laundry and cornstarch).
What WIC Can Do:
The WIC program plays a key role not only in the prevention of nutrition-related health problems, but also in the promotion of lifelong healthy eating behaviors. The process of introducing complementary foods provides a unique opportunity for WIC staff to assist caregivers in making appropriate feeding decisions for young children that may have lifelong implications.
- WIC can conduct nutrition screenings for children to identify any gaps in nutrition, or practices that may result in delayed growth or illness.
- WIC can provide education to parents/guardians on age-appropriate feeding practices for children, which could include proper use of bottles/cups, food safety, and proper food preparation, etc.
- WIC can refer participants to other resources such as dentists, pediatricians, or lactation consultants for further evaluation and education.
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Due to State Fiscal Year End, we will be holding off on subsequent formula orders unless there is a special circumstance. If a new prescription comes in, we can still order but we want to limit what is being purchased. If you have questions, please email MontanaWICProgram@mt.gov. |
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