Design We assessed the infant feeding practices of 65 Hmong and 57 Vietnamese women. The women were recruited and interviewed at clinics of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and neighborhoods in northern California. Analysis included logistic regression and...
A hot maternal diet was thought to produce unhealthy breastmilk after 1 month, so the women preferred using infant formula, perceived to be stable and more nourishing than breastmilk. The WIC Program is using these and other findings to make breastfeeding more attractive to Southeast Asians....
Prenatal Care Guidance(a program to provide outreach to pregnant women to inform, motivate, and assist them in obtaining early, consistent, and appropriate prenatal care.) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)(a program that provides home visits to support families who experience SI...
Primary reasons for choosing formula included the availability of WIC vouchers and the perception that formula feeding was more convenient. Barriers to breastfeeding initiation included delayed first breastfeed (mean = 20 hours postpartum), separation of infant and mother, provision of supplements in ...
Primary reasons for choosing formula included the availability of WIC vouchers and the perception that formula feeding was more convenient. Barriers to breastfeeding initiation included delayed first breastfeed (mean = 20 hours postpartum), separation of infant and mother, provision of supplements in ...
Primary reasons for choosing formula included the availability of WIC vouchers and the perception that formula feeding was more convenient. Barriers to breastfeeding initiation included delayed first breastfeed (mean = 20 hours postpartum), separation of infant and mother, provision of supplements in ...
Infant formulaEmploymentAbstractdoi:10.1007/s10995-011-0937-zBrent A. LangellierM. Pia Chaparro…Maternal & Child Health JournalLangellier, B. A., Pia Chaparro, M., & Whaley, S. E. (2011). Social and Institutional Factors that Affect Breastfeeding Duration Among WIC Participants in Los ...
Educational Intervention to Modify Bottle-feeding Behaviors among Formula-feeding Mothers in the WIC Program: Impact on Infant Formula Intake and Weight Gain and Children (WIC) clinics in Sacramento, California.Participants836 caregivers of young infants were screened; 214 were eligible, and 104 agreed...
Prenatal Care Guidance(a program to provide outreach to pregnant women to inform, motivate, and assist them in obtaining early, consistent, and appropriate prenatal care.) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)(a program that provides home visits to support families who experience SIDS death) ...