Scope: Research

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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 […]

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Supporting WIC Enrollment: Using Technology to Improve Certification Experience for WIC Participants and WIC Agencies

The National WIC Association and Nava Public Benefit Corporation (Nava) researched the state of technology being used in WIC to support remote certifications today. Nava gathered the information in this […]

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WIC Participants’ Perspectives of Facilitators and Barriers to Shopping With eWIC Compared With Paper Vouchers

Objectives (1) To describe facilitators and barriers to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food shopping via electronic benefits transfer (eWIC) compared with paper vouchers. (2) To […]

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WIC Participants’ Perspectives About Online Ordering and Technology in the WIC Program

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants’ perceptions about ordering WIC groceries online. Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews were […]

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Usual Nutrient Intakes from the Diets of US Children by WIC Participation and Income: Findings from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016

National data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS 2016) were used to assess usual nutrient intakes from foods and beverages among US children aged <4 y by WIC […]

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Changes in nutrient and food group intakes among children and women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: findings from the 2005–2008 and 2011–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

National data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS 2016) were used to assess usual nutrient intakes from foods and beverages among US children aged <4 y by WIC […]

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Long-Term Breastfeeding in African American Mothers

This article resulted from a doctoral dissertation and is published in the Journal of Human Lactation. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 39.1% of African […]

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Mitigating the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response on At-Risk Children – Pediatrics (AAP)

“Strategies that could mitigate the health risks of pandemic response measures for at-risk sub populations of children are outlined for policymakers, healthcare workers/systems, and communities.”

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National- and State- Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and WIC Program Reach in 2017

This report presents estimates of the number of individuals eligible for WIC benefits and the percentage of the eligible population participating in calendar year (CY) 2017. For the purposes of […]

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Food Purchasing Behaviors of WIC Participants: What Non-WIC Eligible Foods Items Are Being Purchased

Purpose: To describe items purchased during a shopping trip by families enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Design: Cross-sectional, quantitative, observational study. Setting: […]

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