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The effect of WIC participation on small-for-gestational-age births: Michigan, 1992

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  • Ahluwalia, I.B.
  • Hogan, V.K.
  • Grummer-Strawn, L.
  • Colville, W.R.
  • Peterson, A.

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Objectives. This study examined the relationship between enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and delivery of small-for-gestational-age infants. Methods. WIC records were linked with birth certificates for 1992 fullterm births; 41 234 WIC records and 18 534 non-WIC records were identified. Length of participation was defined by gestational age at enrollment. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between WIC participation and small-for-gestational- age births. Results. Odds ratios for small-for-gestational-age births decreased with increasing length of enrollment in WIC. Conclusions. Enrollment in WIC is associated with a lower prevalence of small-for- gestational-age deliveries.

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  • Ahluwalia, I.B. & Hogan, V.K. & Grummer-Strawn, L. & Colville, W.R. & Peterson, A., 1998. "The effect of WIC participation on small-for-gestational-age births: Michigan, 1992," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 88(9), pages 1374-1377.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1998:88:9:1374-1377_7
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    3. Gundersen, Craig, 2005. "A dynamic analysis of the well-being of WIC recipients and eligible non-recipients," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 99-114, January.
    4. Marianne P. Bitler & Janet Currie, 2004. "Medicaid at Birth, WIC Take Up, and Children's Outcomes," Working Papers 172, RAND Corporation.
    5. Rossin-Slater, Maya, 2013. "WIC in your neighborhood: New evidence on the impacts of geographic access to clinics," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 51-69.
    6. Cristina Yunzal-Butler & Theodore J. Joyce & Andrew D. Racine, 2009. "Maternal Smoking and the Timing of WIC Enrollment," NBER Working Papers 14728, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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