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WIC Peer Counselors Support Breastfeeding Among WIC Participants.

Lisa WagnerCarolyn A Phillips
Published in: Western journal of nursing research (2024)
The WIC Peer Counselors' understanding of the breastfeeding culture of their WIC clients and their unique ability to establish and maintain rapport with them make WIC Peer Counselors ideally suited resources to meet the WIC goal of increasing breastfeeding and thereby improving the health of the nation. Health care providers should recognize the valuable, yet unrecognized and underutilized, contributions of WIC Peer Counselors and consider referring pregnant and postpartum dyads to WIC for breastfeeding education and support.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • preterm infants
  • public health
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