Birth Outcomes

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Association of Revised WIC Food Package with Perinatal and Birth Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study

To determine the effect of the food changes made to the WIC package in 2009, they performed a quasi-experiment that showed that the new WIC food package was associated with […]

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Maternal Health Visionary Spotlight: Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, National Birth Equity Collaborative founder and president, calls on us to value every woman to achieve maternal health equity

Dr. Joia Crear-Perry was led to a career fighting to eliminate racial disparities in maternal and infant health through her own experiences as a Black mother. Pregnant with her first […]

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Association of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children With Preterm Birth and Infant Mortality

In December 2019, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a national-based cohort study from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The goal of the study was to […]

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Relationships Between the Great Recession and Widening Maternal and Child Health Disparities: Findings from Washington and Florida

The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between the Great Recession in the United States and maternal and child health (MCH) disparities in prenatal care, birth weight, gestational […]

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WIC Works: Addressing the Nutrition and Health Needs of Low-Income Families for 40 Years

Over four decades, researchers have investigated WIC’s effects on key measures of child health such as birth weight, infant mortality, diet quality and nutrient intake, initiation and duration of breastfeeding, […]

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Economic evaluation of California prenatal participation in the special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to prevent preterm birth

There is growing evidence that prenatal participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) reduces the risk of adverse birth outcomes. With recent changes in […]

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WIC mom, Michigan

“When expecting, my doctor made sure medical things were going well, but I never remember him asking if I was able to maintain a good diet and what foods would […]

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The Role of WIC in Reducing Infant Mortality

Provides many statistics in these areas: WIC helps reduce risk factors for infant mortality WIC’s role in prenatal and postnatal care Improving birth outcomes reduces healthcare costs  

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2020 WIC Policy Priorities

NWA’S 2020 WIC Policy Priorities: Fully fund WIC in FY 2020 and provide food-cost flexibility Invest in the Contingency Fund to ensure continued WIC operations Expand the WIC Breastfeeding Peer […]

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Marijuana Use During and After Pregnancy and Association of Prenatal Use on Birth Outcomes: A Population-Based Study

Abstract Background: We sought to describe the correlates of marijuana use during and after pregnancy, and to examine the independent relationship between prenatal marijuana use and infant outcomes. Study design: […]

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