Recruitment and Retention of WIC Participants

Do Unconditional Income Supplements Improve Poor Pregnant Women’s Birth Outcomes?

Receipt of an unconditional prenatal income supplement was associated with positive outcomes. Placing conditions on income supplements may not be necessary to promote prenatal and perinatal health.

Association of Prenatal Participation in a Public Health Nutrition Program With Healthy Infant Weight Gain

The results demonstrate that prenatal WIC participation is associated with reduced risk of RIWG between birth and age 1 year.

Associations Between Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Postpartum Health in a Predominantly Hispanic WIC Population

Many women exhibited postpartum risk factors for future adverse health events, including overweight or obesity (62.3%), depressive symptoms (27.5%), and no folic acid supplementation (65.5%). Most characteristics did not differ significantly between mothers of preterm infants and full-term infants or between mothers of low birth weight and normal birth weight infants.

Infant Mortality and Race in Kansas: Associations with Women, Infants, and Children Services

Differences in education levels between mothers affected infant mortality to a greater degree than WIC program participation alone in the analysis. The infant mortality rate for black and Hispanic mothers was lower for WIC program participants. The WIC program may be beneficial for reducing infant mortality racial disparities but program participation should be expanded to affect maternal health disparities at the population level

Breastfeeding Is Associated With Higher Retention in WIC After Age 1

Mothers who engaged in any type of breastfeeding from 6-12 months were more likely than other mothers to recertify their children in WIC.

A Whooping Cough Education Module for WIC Clients in Utah

WIC clients were made to participate in a whooping cough education model, learning was evaluted using a pre and post test, clients indicated that they were more likely to vaccinate themselves and the child after the model

Gateway Referral Pad

Gateway WIC created this referral pad as part of their local work on referrals during the CPHMC project. This WIC Rx pad has locations and contact info for 3 different WIC […]

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 […]

Angelina County WIC Referral Pad

Angelina County & Cities Health Department created this Rx pad for WIC referrals during their participation in the CPHMC project. This pad was designed for providers to refer their patients […]

Making Americans Healthy in Every Hometown

As part of the CPHMC project, NWA and their partners on this initiative convened for an annual Training and Technical Workshop. After his participation in the April 2017 meeting Jay […]