All content tagged with the term "health-equity".
April 15, 2022 -
News & Blog
Interview with LaShonna Thompson is the WIC clinic manager at New Hope Services, Inc. in Clark County, Indiana.
February 7, 2022 -
News & Blog
February 6, 2022 -
News & Blog
February 4, 2022 -
News & Blog
To celebrate Black History Month, check out this blog post, Liberty City WIC: Expanding Innovation and Outreach for Black WIC Families, from the Breastfeeding Coordinator for the Florida Department of Health at Miami-Dade County WIC Program, Cheryl Lorie, on why inclusivity and engagement toward Black families are vital to strengthening the WIC program.
June 2, 2021 -
News & Blog
May 27, 2021 -
News & Blog
May 10, 2021 -
News & Blog
Together as a WIC community, we must stand in solidarity with our AAPI staff and participants and fight for safe communities where racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are not tolerated.
May 6, 2021 -
News & Blog
As WIC providers mobilized to ensure uninterrupted services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress recognized the need to waive in-person requirements to permit remote services and telehealth appointments. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act waived physical presence requirements and allowed WIC providers to conduct nutrition risk assessments via telephone or two-way video calls. WIC families have long identified physical presence requirements as a barrier to ongoing participation due to barriers such as transportation, taking time off work, or childcare. Looking forward, Congress could modify the physical presence requirements beyond the pandemic.
April 21, 2021 -
News & Blog
WIC resides at the crucial nexus of public health and social justice. Our families are of every ethnicity, race, culture, faith, and creed known to humankind. This calls us to leave our biases at the door, better still to work to unpack them, and dispose of them.
April 5, 2021 -
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