Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, Omaha, NE 68154, USA.
Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
Nutrients. 2022 Oct 22;14(21):4447. doi: 10.3390/nu14214447.
Online ordering for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has the potential to alleviate some of the barriers faced by WIC participants when shopping with their WIC food benefits. WIC State agencies are the leaders in planning, preparing, implementing, maintaining, and expanding WIC online ordering. Cross-sectional web-based survey research was utilized to identify barriers to implementing WIC online ordering, as well as the support needed to overcome those barriers, from a WIC State agency perspective. Web surveys were administered to 81 WIC State agencies from 31 January 2022 to 1 April 2022. Descriptive statistics, independent samples -test, and one-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the findings. Open-ended responses were analyzed using a qualitative iterative approach. WIC State agencies noted several barriers to implementing WIC online ordering, including limited staff capacity, WIC retailer interest, and technological capabilities.
网上订购妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充营养计划（WIC）有可能缓解 WIC 参与者在使用 WIC 食品福利购物时面临的一些障碍。WIC 州机构是规划、准备、实施、维护和扩大 WIC 在线订购的领导者。本研究采用横断面网络调查研究，从 WIC 州机构的角度确定实施 WIC 在线订购的障碍，以及克服这些障碍所需的支持。从 2022 年 1 月 31 日至 2022 年 4 月 1 日，向 81 个 WIC 州机构进行了网络调查。采用描述性统计、独立样本 t 检验和单因素方差分析对调查结果进行分析。采用定性迭代方法对开放式回答进行分析。WIC 州机构指出了实施 WIC 在线订购的几个障碍，包括有限的员工能力、WIC 零售商的兴趣和技术能力。
