Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)

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Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)

• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)

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Purpose

• Program for pregnant women
• Reduce unhealthy birth weights
• Improve health of baby and mother
• Encourage breastfeeding
• Services include food supplementation, nutrition
  counseling

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Need for this Program

• CPNP targets women who are most likely to have
  unhealthy babies due to poor health and nutrition
  
• In 2001/02, over 44, 650 women participated in
  CPNP projects

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Results from Research

• 79 had less than 12 years of education 21 had
  not completed grade 10
• 96 of projects reported offering food
  supplements
• 87 offered breastfeeding support
• CPNP projects are the community's only source of
  prenatal nutrition services
• 34 of women served were teenagers, including 8
  who are 16 years old or younger

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Purpose

• Health development of children 0-6
• Provide parents with the support and information
  they need to raise their children.
• Types of Programs offered

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Target Sector

• Children living in low income families
• Children living in teenage-parent families
• Children experiencing developmental delays,
  social, emotional or behavioral problems
• Abused and neglected children.

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Results from Research

• CAPC projects deliver 1,790 programs in more than
  3,035 communities
• 38 of CAPC parents had not finished high school
• On average, CAPC projects have 13 partners
• More than 85 of projects partner with health
  organizations

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More Information

• http//www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/in
  dex_e.html

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Why perform qualitative and quantitative studies
on such programs

• Ensure that the needs of benefactors are being
  meet
• Developing better ways to administer the programs
  
• Analyze similarities and differences
• Determine if program objectives have been
  achieved
• CPNP/CAPC- Measure effectiveness and help
  determine future direction

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CPNP CAPC A Quantitative Study

• Primary data is transformed into Information

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The histograms were highly skewed to the right
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A new methodology was developed
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Results
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Typology Constructions
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Organization was needed

• Type of Program
• Strategy 3 Strategy 5
• Indexed data or typology constructions
• Question Number

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Challenges Conclusion

• Data in SPSS
• Understanding the text
• CNCP
• 100 pages
• Job

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Questions?
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• http//www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/cp
  np_main_e.html
• http//www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/ca
  pc_main_e.html
• http//www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/ca
  pc_main_e.html

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