WIC WORKS! WIC participationleads to healthier infants, more nutritious diets, and better health care for children.3 WIC moms experiencelonger pregnancies, fewer premature births.2 WIC moms give birthto healthier babies.3 WIC moms are twice as likelyto plan to breastfeed and to breastfeed longer...
McClurg-Hitt, D., & Olsen, J. (1994). Infant feeding decisions in the Missouri WIC program. Journal of Human Lacta- tion, 10, 253-256.McClurg-Hitt D, Olsen J. Infant feeding decisions in the Missouri WIC Program. J Hum Lact. 1994;10:253-256....
Infant-feeding beliefs and experiences of Black women enrolled in WIC in the New York metropolitan area. In this ethnographic inquiry, the author explored infant-feeding beliefs and experiences of Black women enrolled in WIC (BWEW) in a New York metropolitan i... Roberta,Cricco-Lizza - 《...
doi:10.3923/jas.2013.4067.4071S.A PohlC.J PeitzmeierB.L DobsonJournal of Applied Sciences
WIC participants receive vouchers to exchange for food from authorized retail grocery stores that are known as WIC vendors in the program.1 These vouchers provide participants with a prescribed type and quantity of supplemental WIC foods tailored to their health needs, such as infant formula, milk...
Here, a premature white female infant stood in for all the good that a well-funded WIC program, paired with a supposedly good mother, could do.“Mother was and is very interested in nutrition education,” these case notesexplained. The mother “takes every opportunity to obtain nutrition ...
Cricco-Lizza R (2004) Infant-feeding beliefs and experiences of black women enrolled in WIC in the New York metropolitan area. Qualitative Health Research, 14(9), 1197-1210.Cricco-Lizza R. Infant-feeding beliefs and experiences of Black women enrolled in WIC in the New York Metropolitan area...
Infant feeding decisions among pregnant women from a WIC population in Georgia. J Am Diet Assoc. I 990;90:255-2fi9.Black, R. F., Blair, J. P., Jones, V. N., & DuRant, R. H. (1990). Infant feeding decisions among pregnant women from a WIC population in Georgia. Journal of ...
Health education Infant feeding decisions among pregnant Black WIC participants and the role of peer support LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY Naomi Modeste MickensAstrid DThe purpose of this study was to identify the important factors that impact infant feeding decisions among Black women, and to determine ...
Participation in the US Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is related to "most, but not all, of the infant feeding decisions of eligible mothers", shows a study conducted by US-based researchers. For their analysis, the researchers used the Early ...