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In a message dated 2/2/2005 1:55:16 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
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WIC is mostly an educational setting. They don't do any hands on helping of
actual mothers and babies - at least in Maryland. I worked for WIC for over
10 years, and it was always more important to keep the numbers up than to
actaully help people. It,like many other business, was about the money. If
you didn't have high enough enrollment figures you didn't get as much
federal or state money. It does concern me that many WIC IBCLCs might know
the information, but not be able to put it into practice. Taking a test is
This is not always the case in WIC and less true now than perhaps 5 years
ago. My clinic has a system to assure that mothers who come in saying they
want formula or a pump are worked into individual appointments with someone who
can spend the time with them to assess their problems and concerns. Yes WIC
is about education but it is also about providing mothers with current
information and referrals when appropriate. We do hands on and in our state we are
taught hands on, not sitting behind a desk. In some states, WIC personnel
have gone to an educational program that states she cannot do hands on with a
mother. If someone has told this they would hesitant to help mothers hands
on. IN our state, employees who have attended our training programs are
expected to work directly with the mother. So some of these employees may simply be
victims of a program that has prohibited them from touching. As I said in my
previous post, we trained current IBCLCs to be clinical instructors so this
would not be problem. We are not the only state to do this. Texas has a
clinical program in conjunction with a hospital where candidates can spend time
to acquire additional clinical experience. WIC is changing in many areas. To
make blanket statements about WIC everywhere in the US is like making
blanket statements about hospital personnel in every state. There are differences
and change is happening. Many of us in the WIC feel change is too slow in
coming but I think all of us in the lactation profession feel the same way.
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