Describes the development of a method for the evaluation of coverage and targeting of public health nutrition programs using data from the Tennessee Women, Infants, and Children Special Supplemental Food Program (WIC) linked with birth certificates. Data sources and linkage; Comparison of WIC program...
HUGS — Home visiting and care coordination program for pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children with the goals of promoting healthy pregnancies to ensure positive outcomes, assisting clients and families in accessing health care and other social and educational services, and providing...
Women up to six months postpartum who are not breastfeeding Infants and children under 5 years old, including foster children Low-income sole provider parents of children under age of 5 who are at nutritional risk and who are below185% of FPL ...
The 2007 Interim Rule mandated changes to food packages in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for implementation by 2009. The 2014 Final Rule required additional changes, including increasing the cash value voucher for fruits and vegetables from $6 to...
Most Tennessee infants exposed to hepatitis C at birth are not later tested to see if they acquired the virus, according to a study by researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy.
What began as an orphanage has expanded into a multi-faceted and diverse ministry, providing a wide range of professional services to all ages. Family Ministries serve pregnant teens and young women, infants, toddlers, adolescents, teens, senior citizens and families with programs and facilities in...
To assess the accuracy of maternally reported birth weights, we compared birth weights reported by mothers in the Tennessee Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Feeding Program (WIC) from 1975 to 1984 with the birth weights recorded on the corresponding Tennessee birth certificate file. ...
Additionally, the USDA has strived to connect families to healthy foods through food assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (...
In response, federal nutrition assistance programs have introduced flexibility waivers in programs, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), to rapidly respond to support the nutritional health status of income-eligible participants during COVID-19. ...