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Breastfeeding
WIC program influences infant-feeding decisions of black women
May 19th, 2005
Participating in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program influences black women's infant-feeding decisions, research from one urban clinic shows. Roberta Cricco-Lizza, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, collected data from "319 people (130 black women enrolled in WIC [BWEW], 189 relatives and friends) with close follow-up of 11 primiparous key informants during pregnancy and the first year postpartum." Her major findings, she reported, were: "(a) the WIC clinic environment set a positive tone for service, (b) WIC employees treated the women with caring and respect, (c) BWEW...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-19)
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