Health Impacts

Maternal and Child Mortality in the US: The Role of WIC in Addressing the Crisis

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country—26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015.

Children in WIC: Opportunities for Success in a Critical Time of Growth and Development

The goals of child participation in WIC are to guide children along a path toward positive health outcomes and to ensure that they are ready for kindergarten. Children between the […]

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 […]

WIC For A Stronger, Healthier America

THE CRITICAL NEED FOR WIC Across the United States, in urban and rural areas, WIC’s time-limited services and benefits ensure that children get a strong, healthy start in life. There […]

How The WIC Program Supports Breastfeeding

“WIC provides nutrition and breastfeeding education, nutritious foods, and improved healthcare access for more than 7 million at-risk low-income women, infants, and children…”

WIC mom, Colorado

“WIC has positively impacted my life and that of my children. I am especially thankful for the wide variety of foods to pick from and that it is healthy and […]

WIC Mom, American Samoa

“As a young woman who was still in college with no job, I had no responsibility and a carefree attitude that any young adult would have, but little did I […]

Perspectives on HIV Testing Among WIC-Enrolled Postpartum Women: Implications for Intervention Development

Abstract Low-income minority women are disproportionately represented among those living with HIV in the U.S and also at-risk for substance abuse and intimate partner violence-collectively called the SAVA syndemic-which may […]

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: […]

Association of Participation in a Supplemental Nutrition Program with Stillbirth by Race, Ethnicity, and Maternal Characteristics

Abstract Background: Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has been associated with lower risk of stillbirth. We hypothesized that such an association would […]