Resource Types: <span>Journal Article</span>

Infant Feeding Pattern in the First Six Months of Age in USA: A Follow-Up Study

Participation in the supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was related to a 16% lower proportion of direct breastfeeding (DBF) - however, majority of the participants in the study did not participante in WIC.

Perceptions About Care Coordination Between Pediatricians and Women, Infants and Children (wic) for Early Childhood Obesity Prevention

WIC parents often recieve information, including preventative care, parenting advice and nutrition information from multipile both pediatricians and WIC clinics. This article evaluates the perspectives of pediatricians and WIC nutritionists about the opportunites and barriers of coordinating care.

Integrating Obstetrical Care and WIC Nutritional Services to Address Maternal Obesity and Postpartum Weight Retention

In this trial fifty-three African-American women were randomized into the intervention and control groups. Intervention participants retained significantly less gestational weight gain than control participants - proving that an integrated WIC and obstetrical service model is feasible and can limit postpartum weight retention in obese women.

A Pilot Feasibility Study to Improve Food Parenting Practices

The home based intervention, including feedback on feeding practices at home, helping imrpvoe maternal food practices and mothers found the video feedback of the meals to be helpful and informative.

Focusing on Excessive Gestational Weight Gain through Weight Tracking Among Participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Southern California

An intervention piloted an education program with a GWG tracker for women enrolled in WIC. The pilot was most successful for overweight women, and provides evidence for a simple weight tracking intervention to assist WIC participants with GWG.

Patient–Provider Communication and Counseling about Gestational Weight Gain and Physical Activity: A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions and Experiences of Latinas Pregnant with their First Child

Additionally, analysis revealed that although participants value information received from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program counselors, they would like to receive more information from their primary healthcare providers about adequate GWG.

Federal Nutrition Program Revisions Impact Low-Income Households’ Food Purchases

WIC food package revisions appear associated with improved nutritional profiles of food purchases among WIC participating households compared with low-income nonparticipating households. These package revisions may encourage WIC families to make healthier choices among their overall packaged food purchases. WIC households purcase fewed calories, less sodium sugar and total fat along with refined grains, grain desserts and SSB. They also purchase more fruits and vegetables

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.

Resource Types: Journal Article