WEE Baby

Project Goals:

To identify whether integrating and coordinating care between pediatricians and WIC nutritionists promotes healthy growth during early infancy compared to standard siloed care from both providers.

Project Findings and Resources:

Kling SM, Harris HA, Marini M, Cook A, Hess LB, Lutcher S, Mowery J, Bell S, Hassink S, Hayward SB, Johnson G, Franceschelli Hosterman J, Paul IM, Seiler C, Sword S, Savage JS, Bailey-Davis L. Advanced Health Information Technologies to Engage Parents, Clinicians, and Community Nutritionists in Coordinating Responsive Parenting Care: Descriptive Case Series of the Women, Infants, and Children Enhancements to Early Healthy Lifestyles for Baby (WEE Baby) Care Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2020 Nov 24;3(2):e22121. doi: 10.2196/22121. PMID: 33231559; PMCID: PMC7723742.

Savage JS, Moore AM, Kling SMR, Marini M, Hernandez E, Franceschelli Hosterman J, Hassink S, Paul IM, Bailey-Davis L. Coordination Between Primary Care and Women, Infants, and Children to Prevent Obesity for Infants from Low-Income Families: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial. Child Obes. 2023 Dec;19(8):515-524. doi: 10.1089/chi.2022.0137. Epub 2022 Nov 11. PMID: 36367983.

Harris HA, Kling SMR, Marini M, Hassink SG, Bailey-Davis L, Savage JS. Agreement in Infant Growth Indicators and Overweight/Obesity between Community and Clinical Care Settings. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021 Mar;121(3):493-500. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.11.009. Epub 2020 Dec 16. PMID: 33339762.

Savage JS, Kling SMR, Cook A, Hess L, Lutcher S, Marini M, Mowery J, Hayward S, Hassink S, Hosterman JF, Paul IM, Seiler C, Bailey-Davis L. A patient-centered, coordinated care approach delivered by community and pediatric primary care providers to promote responsive parenting: pragmatic randomized clinical trial rationale and protocol. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Sep 4;18(1):293. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1263-z. PMID: 30180831; PMCID: PMC6123992.

Harris HA, Moore AM, Ruggiero CF, Bailey-Davis L, Savage JS. Infant Food Responsiveness in the Context of Temperament and Mothers' Use of Food to Soothe. Front Nutr. 2022 Jan 11;8:781861. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.781861. PMID: 35087856; PMCID: PMC8786708.

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