WIC Participation, Breastfeeding Practices and Well-Baby Care Among Unmarried, Low-Income Mothers
Publication Year
2004
Type
Journal Article
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.
Journal
American Journal of Public Health
Volume
94
Issue
8
Pages
1324-1327