WIC participation, breastfeeding practices, and well-child care among unmarried, low-income mothers.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
We estimated the effect of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participation in 1999 to 2000 on breastfeeding initiation and duration and well-child care. We applied multivariate regression to a sample of 2136 unmarried, low-income, urban mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. WIC participation was associated with small increases in the probabilities of initiating breastfeeding and having had at least 4 well-child visits since birth-behaviors that benefit infants beyond the newborn period-but not with breastfeeding duration.
Medical subject headings
- Breast Feeding
- Child Health Services
- Food Services
- Illegitimacy
- Patient Acceptance of Health Care
- Poverty