WIC Participants

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice in Rural Communities

District Health Department #10 created this poster to highlight their local work on healthy food access during the CPHMC project, and was presented at NWA’s Annual Conference in April 2017. […]

Unifying WIC Messages and Understanding across Richmond City

Richmond City Health District created this poster to highlight their local work developing and evaluating WIC 101 trainings during the CPHMC project. This poster was presented during NWA’s Annual Conference […]

The H.A.N.D.S on Approach to Tackling Nutrition through Environmental Changes and Community Partnerships

Mt. Rogers Health District created this poster to highlight their local work on nutrition education through their H.A.N.D.S. program (Health Access and Nutrition Development Services). This poster was created as […]

Geary County Health Department Increases Food Access & Breastfeeding Support

Geary County created this poster to highlight their local work promoting breastfeeding and healthy food access during the CPHMC project. This poster was presented at NWA’s Annual Conference in May […]

East St. Louis Making Health Happen

East St. Louis Health Department created this poster to highlight their initiatives with local corner stores, including improving access to fresh produce, marketing healthy messages, and hosting cooking. demonstrations. This […]

Concerns and Structural Barriers Associated with WIC Participation among WIC-Eligible Women

WIC-eligible women with unintended pregnancies and fewer social supports tend to participate in WIC, but those who experience more structural barriers are less likely to participate. Asian/Pacific Islander women may face specific challenges to WIC participation.

Breastfeeding Outcomes in Washington State: Determining the Effect of Loving Support Peer Counseling Program and Characteristics of Participants at WIC

The peer support counseling intervention improved breastfeeding duation and initation in the two trial clinics in Washington State. "The likelihood that women enrolled in WIC would initiate BF at Public Health Seattle and King County Clinics increased by 3%, whereas those in Catholic Health Initatives Franciscan Medical Group clinics increased by 6.8%. Women receiving services in smaller PHSKC clinics (n < 60 women) were likely to breastfeed their infants at >1 week."

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

80 WIC participants in a mid-atlantic city were surveyed, and remoted interest in HIV tesitng if offered at WIC. Barriers included concerns about privacy and intimate partner violence.

Timeliness of Receipt of Early Childhood Vaccinations Among Children of Immigrants – Minnesota 2016

"Participation in WIC during pregnancy was significantly associated with being up-to-date at 2, 6, and 36 months. Participation in WIC was associated with an increased likelihood of up-to-date vaccination status, and engaging eligible foreign-born families in programs such as WIC might provide an opportunity to increase on-time vaccination "

Retaining Traditionally Hard to Reach Participants: Lessons Learned from Three Childhood Obesity Studies

Diet quality was assessed among participants in the WIC program across three time points following the WIC food package shift instituted nationally in 2009. Retention rates were 91% at 12 months and 89% at 18 months. For our WIC study, we augmented retention by developing a home data collection protocol and increased focus on staff diversity training.