02748nam 2200541 450 991079796570332120170919050126.00-7391-8934-4(CKB)3710000000561542(EBL)4312623(SSID)ssj0001656397(PQKBManifestationID)16437421(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001656397(PQKBWorkID)14984853(PQKB)11380352(MiAaPQ)EBC4312623(EXLCZ)99371000000056154220160119h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMotherhood, poverty, and the WIC program in urban America life strategies /Suzanne MorrisseyLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-3055-9 0-7391-8933-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover-Page; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Sick Cities: Poverty and Infant Mortality in Central New York; 2 Imperatives and Impacts of the Federal WIC Program; 3 Methodological Persuasions: Solving Public Health Problems When "Problem" Holds Multiple Meanings; 4 Inside WIC: Bureaucracy, Barriers, and Provider Values; 5 Strategizing Motherhood and Public Health in Urban America; 6 Metaphorical Thought and the Construction of WIC Frames of Reference; 7 Hidden Rationalities; Appendices; Bibliography; IndexAbout the AuthorThis urban ethnography examines the relationship between urban residence and endemic poverty and health inequalities, particularly racial disparities in infant mortality in the United States. Starting from the everyday lives of women struggling to make ends meet, it represents an institutional ethnography of the WIC Program that identifies and explores how bureaucratic rigidity and hierarchy relate to personal decision-making in a context of pregnancy, parenting, and poverty.Maternal and infant welfareGovernment policyUnited StatesFood reliefUnited StatesCost controlUnited StatesfastMaternal and infant welfareGovernment policyFood reliefCost control.363.8830973Morrissey Suzanne1531554MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797965703321Motherhood, poverty, and the WIC program in urban America3777329UNINA