Pediatricians or Grandma…who influences WIC participants’ ideal of infant fatness?

Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy in a Sample of WIC Participants

Pediatricians' attitude about the use of infant walkers.

UNLABELLED Infant walkers are still very popular even though their use might cause injuries. A survey was carried out to obtain information about attitudes and pediatricians' approach regarding the use of infant walkers. Two hundred and forty seven pediatricians who attended the 44th Turkish Congress of Pediatrics and Europediatrics (2008) were invited to reply to a questionnaire prepared by th...

Accessibility and preferred use of online Web applications among WIC participants with Internet access.

OBJECTIVE This study examined the current technology use of clients in the western Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) region and the preferences these current clients have for using new technologies to interact with WIC. METHODS Cross-sectional convenience sample for online survey of WIC clients over 2 months in 2011. RESULTS A weighted sample of 8...

Telephone peer counseling of breastfeeding among WIC participants: a randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE The US Surgeon General has recommended that peer counseling to support breastfeeding become a core service of the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). As of 2008, 50% of WIC clients received services from local WIC agencies that offered peer counseling. Little is known about the effectiveness of these peer counseling programs. Randomized controlled tr...

Innovative use of influential prenatal counseling may improve breastfeeding initiation rates among WIC participants.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether integrating influence strategies (reciprocation, consistency, consensus, feeling liked, authority, and scarcity) throughout Chickasaw Nation Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics (1) changed participants' perception of the WIC experience and (2) affected breastfeeding initiation rates. METHODS Two-part, quasi-exper...