WIC participation, breastfeeding practices, and well-child care among unmarried, low-income mothers.
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.
Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, 120 Beacon St, 4th Floor, Somerville, MA 02143, USA. pchatterji@charesearch.org
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D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005522:Food Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007086:Illegitimacy / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data