Journal Article

Nudging More Women to Breastfeed: Impact of Public Health Policy Changes

By Chapman D

Both the intensive breastfeeding training of WIC staff and the structural changes to the WIC food packages were associated with more breastfeeding and less formula use by low-income mothers. It is especially important to note that significant improvements occurred before the policy actually changed, reflecting the value of investing in intensive training for frontline WIC staff.

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Date Added
November 15, 2017

Citation
Chapman D (2013) 'Nudging More Women to Breastfeed: Impact of Public Health Policy Changes'. Journal Of Human Lactation: Vol. 29, Issue 1, pp. 15-16. Available online: http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/29/1/15.short