Scope: <span>Research</span>

Innovative Use of Influential Prenatal Counseling May Improve Breastfeeding Initiation Rates Among WIC Participants

Changing the WIC environment by integrating influence principles may positively affect women's infant feeding decisions and behaviors, specifically breastfeeding initiation rates.

Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion, and Support in the United States: A Time to Nudge, a Time to Measure

Breastfeeding rates in the United States can improve based on a well coordinated social marketing framework including mass media, appropriate facility based and community based support, WIC-coordinated community based peer counseling, and adequate protection for working women.

How Increasing WIC Breastfeeding Rates Will Affect WIC Expenditures: Saving Money While Meeting the Goals of Healthy People 2020

This report analyzes the cost structure of WIC food packages in relation to breastfeeding

Comparison of Feeding Practices in Infants in the WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program Who Were Enrolled in Child Care as Opposed to Those with Parent Care Only

Child Care use is not a significant influence on breastfeeding rates, introduction of complementary foods, and types of complementary foods; however, it does influence when formula is introduced.

Peer Counseling, Breastfeeding and Voucher Redemption Among WIC Participants: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

This study will test whether increases in breastfeeding result in lower food package redemption costs for each mother/infant pair up to 6 months postpartum.

Nudging More Women to Breastfeed: Impact of Public Health Policy Changes

Both the intensive breastfeeding training of WIC staff and the structural changes to the WIC food packages were associated with more breastfeeding and less formula use by low-income mothers. It is especially important to note that significant improvements occurred before the policy actually changed, reflecting the value of investing in intensive training for frontline WIC staff.

Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Low-Income Families by Improving the WIC Food Package for Breastfeeding Mothers

The report provides suggestions to improving breastfeeding rates for WIC participants by improving the WIC packages

Changes in Breastfeeding Among WIC Participants Following Implementation of the New Food Package

Rates of ever breastfed children are rising nationally but the increase is not associated with changes in WIC's new food package

Barriers and Contributors to Breastfeeding in WIC Mothers: A Social Ecological Perspective

Women who had breastfed previously breastfed were more likely to agree that breastfeeding assists with losing baby weight, babies fed breastmilk are less likely to get sick ), and breastfeeding helps mothers bond with their babies more quickly than formula feeding compared to those who had never breastfed. Breastfeeding duration was significantly related to employment status.

Infant Feeding Practices and Food Consumption Patterns of Children Participating in WIC

Compared with nonparticipants, fewer WIC infants were breastfed and consumed any vegetable but more consumed 100% juice. Fewer WIC toddlers and preschoolers consumed any fruit vs nonparticipants. The WIC toddlers were more likely to consume any sweet vs nonparticipants, especially sugar-sweetened beverages.

Scope: Research