Recruitment and Retention of WIC Participants

An Examination of Community Partnership and Strategies Used in Conducting Nutrition and Food Security Research With Low-Income Pregnant Women

Recruitment of low-income minority populations, particularly women, into health-based research has faced challenges related to transportation, time, and lack of child care. However, collaboration between researchers and community-based health provider […]

A Qualitative Study of Breastfeeding and Formula-Feeding Mothers’ Perceptions of and Experiences in WIC

The study explores the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants’ perspectives about why formula-fed infants are less likely to be recertified at 1 year compared with […]

Streamlining and Modernizing WIC Enrollment

This report explains why streamlining the certification process is important and describes opportunities for state and local policies to better support streamlining. Streamlining could free up staff time to devote […]

User-Centered Design of a Texas WIC ChatBot: Formative Investigation

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves people at nutritional risk, including: – Low income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women; – Children from infancy to […]

Duration of WIC Participation Is Associated with Higher Dietary Quality at 24 Months (P11-048-19)

Objectives This study examined how duration of participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is associated with dietary quality at age 24 months using […]

Stakeholders Speak: Lessons Learned from EBT Implementation

WIC EBT implementation results in benefits to many stakeholders, but can be a long and stressful effort. In 2016, two WIC Agencies reflected on their projects by asking key stakeholders […]

Can a better understanding of WIC customer experiences increase benefit redemption and help control program food costs?

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program benefits nutritionally vulnerable populations by providing them with vouchers to buy healthful foods. In the retail sphere, the […]

Audience Segmentation of Kentucky Mothers by Nonparticipation Status in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

We identify women most and least likely to discontinue participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. Kentucky WIC program management information system data […]

Mapping a WIC Mother’s Journey: A Preliminary Analysis

To rapidly explore participation barriers in the Kentucky WIC program and edify preliminary participant journey narratives utilizing direct observation, an abbreviated participant observation experience, and focus group techniques. As part […]

Formative research to examine collaboration between special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children and head start programs

WIC and Head Start (HS) programs both serve similar populations, and while HS is a day care program for low income children, it also provides nutritional services. Yet, limited overlap […]