Breastfeeding

Characteristics Associated with Breastfeeding Behaviors Among Urban Versus Rural Women Enrolled in the Kansas WIC Program

About 74 % of all WIC mothers initiated breastfeeding. Urban women who were Hispanic, aged 18-19, high school graduates, household income >$10,000/year, and started early prenatal care were more likely to breastfeed. Urban and rural women who were non-Hispanic black with some high school education were less likely to breastfeed.

Breastfeeding Barriers and Support in a Rural Setting

Gaps in hospital and community breastfeeding support were observed in the emerging themes: lack of realistic information about the breastfeeding experience, breastfeeding time constraint, and lack of continued support.

Insights in Public Health: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children: Strengthening Families for 40 Years

WIC is cost effective in safeguarding the health status of the target population, with recent studies showing $4.21 in Medicaid savings for every dollar spent on a WIC pregnant woman. Interdepartmental and interagency cooperation help alleviate childhood hunger and food insecurity.

Prepregnancy Obesity Class is a Risk Factor for Failure to Exclusively Breastfeed at Hospital Discharge among Latinas

Maternal prepregnancy obesity class is an important predictor of exclusive breastfeeding status at hospital discharge among overweight and obese Latinas.

Changing WIC Changes What Children Eat

These findings demonstrate that positive changes in dietary intake and reductions in obesity followed implementation of the USDA-mandated cost-neutral revisions to the WIC food package for the hundreds of thousands of young children participating in the NYS WIC program.

A Healthy Plaquemines Now: Using the Local Culture as the Cornerstone to Build a Community Coalition

Crescent City WIC created this poster to highlight their local work incorporating community culture into their coalition’s health messaging. This poster was created during the CPHMC project and was presented […]

Crescent City WIC “Hands Up” Video

Crescent City WIC created this video during the CPHMC project to highlight their local work on breastfeeding. Crescent City focused on incorporating cultural context into their healthy food messaging. Crescent […]

Crescent City WIC “Right Stuff” Video

Crescent City WIC created this video during the CPHMC project and focuses on their local work on breastfeeding promotion. Crescent City focused on connecting the local culture into their health […]

East Side Health District Rx Pad

East Side Heath District created this referral pad as part of their local work on healthcare and WIC referrals during the CPHMC project. The Rx pad features the contact information and […]

Crescent City WIC Judge Brown Video

Crescent City WIC created this video as part of their local work to promote and normalize breastfeeding in their community. Created during the CPHMC project, this video incorporates local cultural […]