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Does WIC participation improve breast-feeding practices?

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  • Schwartz, J.B.
  • Popkin, B.M.
  • Tognetti, J.
  • Zohoori, N.

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The effects of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on breast-feeding behavior have been sometimes found inadequate. The determinants of breast-feeding initiation and duration among WIC participants and nonparticipants were modeled by using retrospective crosssectional data from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey. This study corrects for self-selection bias as far as the data allow, in addition to controlling for parents' ages, education, race, and family income. Findings suggest that prenatal WIC participation, combined with breast-feeding advice, significantly increases the initiation of breastfeeding but does not affect duration. The exact nature of effective breastfeeding advice given prenatally at WIC clinics is unclear and warrants further research.

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  • Schwartz, J.B. & Popkin, B.M. & Tognetti, J. & Zohoori, N., 1995. "Does WIC participation improve breast-feeding practices?," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 85(5), pages 729-731.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1995:85:5:729-731_1
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    1. L. Kowaleski-Jones & G. J. Duncan, "undated". "Effects of Participation in the WIC Food Assistance Program on Children’s Health and Development: Evidence from NLSY Children," Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers 1207-00, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty.
    2. Jiang, Miao & Foster, E. Michael & Gibson-Davis, Christina M., 2010. "The effect of WIC on breastfeeding: A new look at an established relationship," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 264-273, February.
    3. Iryna Topolyan & Xu Xu, 2017. "Differential effects of mother’s and child’s postnatal WIC participation on breastfeeding," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(23), pages 2216-2225, May.
    4. Helen J. Lee & Irma T. Elo & Kelly F. McCollum & Jennifer F. Culhane, 2009. "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among Low‐Income Inner‐City Mothers," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 90(5), pages 1251-1271, December.
    5. Reilly, Siobhan & Evenhouse, Eirik, 2005. "Improved estimates of the benefits of breastfeeding using sibling comparisons to reduce selection bias," MPRA Paper 13434, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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