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

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Feeding
• Interventions: Other: WIC program participation

• Registration Number: NCT03390660
• Lead Sponsor: Old Dominion University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1999-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2014-12-31
• Study Completion: 2014-12-31
• Status Verified: 2017-12
• Study First Submitted: 2017-12-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-12-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-04
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13771

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
birth cohorts	WIC program participation	born in 1994-1997, 1998-2001, 2002-2005, 2006-2009, 2010-2014

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Everbreastfeeding	till age 5	whether the child has ever been breastfed
Breastfeeding at 6 months	till age 6 months	whether the child was breastfed at age 6 months