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WIC Overview for Health Care Providers
Healthcare providers are very influential in helping their patients make
decisions about their health. A WIC referral from you can make a difference.
WIC appreciates the support received from clinicians and is always open to
ways to improve collaboration with you! To download medical referral form
and other WIC materials go to
www.mass.gov/wic.
What does WIC have to do with me as a
healthcare provider/clinician?
WIC can give patients nutrition counseling and free nutritious foods at
critical periods of growth and development. WIC counts on clinicians to
provide medical information on women and children at risk and to help
eligible people know about WIC services.
What does WIC provide?
- Nutrition counseling
- Breastfeeding counseling
- Free nutritious foods, worth about $46 a month
- Immunization screening and referrals for children
- Social service and health referrals
WIC serves:
- Pregnant women
- Breastfeeding women, up to one year postpartum
- Non-breastfeeding women, up to six months postpartum
- Children under 5 years old
- WIC is for all kinds of families: Fathers, mothers, grandparents,
foster parents or other legal guardians of a child under 5 can apply
Does WIC work?
- WIC participation significantly improved hemoglobin and hematocrit
values among pregnant women
- Prenatal WIC participation reduced the rate of low birth weight by
25%, and of very low birth weight by 44%
- WIC participation by 30 weeks gestation was associated with
significant reductions in infant mortality during the first 28 days in
four out of five states studied
- Children enrolled in WIC had significantly lower rates of anemia at
follow-up visits than at pre-enrollment visits
How can I help my patients receive WIC benefits?
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Request WIC
materials for display
- Make it routine. Please put a WIC brochure in every new-patient packet
- Tell your patients that WIC is a health and nutrition program and
encourage them to call a local WIC program or 1-800-WIC-1007
- Give your patients a complete Medical Referral Form. This helps WIC
identify the medical or nutritional risk factor(s) needed for enrollment
- Display WIC posters and brochures in your office in the languages your
patients speak
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