Trends in Breastfeeding Disparity in U.S. Infants by WIC Eligibility and Participation (WIC breastfeed)

Old Dominion University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Feeding

Treatments: Other: WIC program participation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03390660

2017-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a secondary data analysis study that uses nationally representative data to examine the trends in breastfeeding disparities between Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program eligible children vs. non-eligible children and eligible participants vs. eligible non-participants.

Enrollment: 13,771 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 72 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• infants or children surveyed in NHANES 1999-2014 aged younger than 72 months

Exclusion criteria

• infants or children with missing information in breastfeeding, WIC participation, or other major socio-demographics, such as income

Trial design

13,771 participants in 1 patient group

birth cohorts

Description:

born in 1994-1997, 1998-2001, 2002-2005, 2006-2009, 2010-2014

Treatment:

Other: WIC program participation