
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 5, 1994                   TAG: 9404050141
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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TAKE NOTE

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) health program provides nutritious foods to lower-income pregnant and breastfeeding women and to children under 5 who have certain unmet nutritional needs.

In an effort to promote breastfeeding, a Peer Counselor Program began in the New River Health District two years ago. At the end of 1993, 350 referrals had been made to the program, and the current caseload is 150 women. Peer counselors offer education, counseling and emotional support to women in the WIC program.

For more information on WIC or the Peer Counselor Program, call you local Health Department. Floyd County, 745-2141. Giles County, 921-2891. Montgomery County, 382-6145. Pulaski County, 980-1490. Radford, 831-5774.

by CNB