WIC (The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children): Policy versus practice regarding breastfeeding

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Baumgartel, Kelley L ^a   Spatz, Diane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Formula; Peer counseling; WIC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREASTFEEDING; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORMULA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; POLICY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WIC;

BREASTFEEDING; FORMULA; PEER COUNSELING; WIC;

BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888024936     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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