According to recent research, pregnant women who participate in federal assistance programs fare better than those who are having difficulty putting food on the table of Newborns’ Pregnancy.
According to data from the US government, approximately one in ten households lacks access to enough nourishing food on a national level.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the United States offers food assistance to low-income expectant mothers, recent delivery mothers, nursing mothers, and their offspring. WIC offers assistance with social service and health service referrals as well.
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According to a recent study by an Ohio State University team, women who were enrolled in WIC were less likely to experience unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. Preterm birth, blood transfusions, gestational diabetes, and prolonged hospitalizations in intensive care for both the mother and the child were among those outcomes.
Concerns regarding congressional plans to cut WIC money for the first time are aligned with the findings.
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“With food prices rising, food insecurity is a major issue in the United States,” stated lead researcher Dr. Kartik Venkatesh, who also serves as the director of Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center’s Diabetes in Pregnancy Program. “In an era in which WIC enrollment has gone down, data from our study proves the relationship between WIC and improved pregnancy health.”
His team’s study examined the national enrollment in WIC of women aged 18 to 44 who became pregnant for the first time between 2016 and 2019 as well as the babies born to these women. The only people included were those who were residents of the United States and qualified for Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for Americans with low incomes.
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Data from 3,120 U.S. counties, totaling 1.9 million individuals, were examined.
WIC membership decreased from 73 per 100 live births in 2016 to 66 per 100 in 2019, according to the report.
However, there was an average 50% decrease in parent ICU admissions and a 30% decrease in both gestational diabetes and neonatal blood transfusions in counties where WIC enrollment increased. Preterm births were almost 30% lower and ICU admissions were 20% lower among the infants in those counties.
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According to a university news release, co-author of the study and expert in maternal fetal care Dr. William Grobman stated, “This study shows that programs like WIC work.”
The next action, according to Venkatesh, is to investigate how OSU might help link those experiencing food insecurity to WIC and other social services.
The results were released in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology on June 27.
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“We want to develop interventions to understand the best way to address social needs as part of pregnancy care so we can improve outcomes for families,” Venkatesh stated.
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