ReviewJournal of community health2022
A Review of Interventions to Increase WIC Enrollment and Participation.
Review in Journal of community health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors That Influence Children's Exits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Direct Digital Referrals From Prenatal Care and WIC Enrollment Among Pregnant Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Predictors of Redemption among Low-Income, Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children Participants: A Secondary Analysis of a Multicomponent eHealth Behavioral Intervention Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of Text Message Outreach to Promote Enrollment in a Government Food Assistance Program: Pilot Randomized Trial.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- An Electronic Health Record-Based Intervention to Facilitate Primary Care Referrals to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Belonging to self: Flint women meeting needs, securing safety and finding voice.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Assessing Caregiver Comfort With Linking the Health Care System and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Patients' Associations as Co-Creators of Knowledge: Insights From a Community-Based Participatory Research Study (ProSafe Project).Health science reports · 2026Article
- Community Assets as Protective Factors Buffering Health Effects of Environmental Hazards: Framework and Considerations for Environmental Epidemiologists.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2026Article
- Barriers and Enablers to WIC Participation: Review of Evidence From Studies Published Between 2019 and 2024.AJPM focus · 2026Review
- Exploring the use of nutrition professionals in the WIC workforce: a landscape policy analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Using Social Media Marketing to Improve Retention of Children in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: Implementation Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Factors that Influence Participants' Intention to Enroll and Retain in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in New Jersey.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Impact of nurse home visiting on take-up of social safety net programs in a Medicaid population.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Facilitators and barriers to reach and enrollment into a medically tailored meals program within a section 1115 Medicaid pilot: clinic staff perspectives.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Comparing models that integrate obstetric care and WIC on improved program enrollment during pregnancy: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Experiences accessing nutritious foods and perceptions of nutritional support needs among pregnant and post-partum mothers with low income in the United States.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- California provider and advocate perspectives about opportunities to optimize nutrition services and resources in the first 1000 days.Reproductive, female and child health · 2024Article
- "What Matters to You?": A Participant-Centered Approach to Needs Identification and Referral to Community Resources.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Integration of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Primary Care Settings.Journal of community health · 2024Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Our goal was to identify strategies aimed at increasing Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) enrollment and participation rates. The WIC program provides many health benefits for pregnant women, mothers, and children. WIC offers nutrition education, formula, fruits and vegetables, and other food to pregnant and postpartum women and their children until they reach the age of five. Despite the availability of this program nationwide, enrollment and participation rates remain low across the country. Several states have tried various interventions to combat this deficiency of engagement with the goal of increasing WIC enrollment and participation. We conducted a scoping review to identify articles based on pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two reviewers independently identified and screened articles. Subsequently, three reviewers independently extracted study details and outcomes related to WIC enrollment and participation rate changes. We included 14 studies reporting on 12 interventions from 3945 citations reviewed. Seven of these were published papers, while the others were final reports of USDA WIC Special Grant Projects. All the observed interventions had some success increasing WIC participation. Virtual interventions demonstrated the most success based on preliminary evidence. Successful interventions showed percentage gains in enrollment close to 8% and changes in participation over 9%. Overall, the literature surrounding WIC enrollment interventions reveal a mixed impact on improving participation. Many successful interventions involve an online or virtual engagement component which can provide educational resources on WIC benefits, nutrition, and living a healthy lifestyle.
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