A Review of Interventions to Increase WIC Enrollment and Participation.

ABSTRACT: Our goal was to identify strategies aimed at increasing Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) enrollment and participation rates. The WIC program provides many health benefits for pregnant women, mothers, and children. WIC offers nutrition education, formula, fruits and vegetables, and other food to pregnant and postpartum women and their children until they reach the age of five. Despite the availability of this program nationwide, enrollment and participation rates remain low across the country. Several states have tried various interventions to combat this deficiency of engagement with the goal of increasing WIC enrollment and participation. We conducted a scoping review to identify articles based on pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria.

SUBMITTER: Davis RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9375084 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature