The effect of the 2009 WIC revision on maternal and child health: A quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the largest U.S. nutrition program for low-income pregnant women. It was revised in 2009, with the goal of improving nutritional content of food packages, enhancing nutrition education, and strengthening breast feeding support. Few studies have assessed the effects of this revision on perinatal health.

Objectives

To investigate the impact of the revised WIC program on maternal and child health in a large, multi-state data set.

Methods

We conducted a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences analysis, comparing the pre/post changes among WIC recipients to changes among non-recipients. We adjusted for key sociodemographic covariates in multivariable linear models. We used

SUBMITTER: Pulvera R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588600 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature