The politics of hunger: when science and ideology clash.
Int J Health Serv
; 22(2): 221-37, 1992.
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ABSTRACT
In recent years the WIC program, a federal nutrition program for poor mothers and babies, has become a major playing field for ideological forces hoping to shape public opinion and Congressional action on matters of domestic social policy. WIC's highly positive benefits have been distorted, research results from its scientific evaluation altered by high-level federal officials, and its public support undermined by an academic spokesman with ties to the White House and a stated desire to kill the program. While strong bipartisan support on Capitol Hill makes it likely that WIC will survive and even grow, distortion of its record provides insight into how ideological forces contaminate the well of reasoned discourse for their preconceived ends.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Política
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Assistência Pública
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Fome
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Abastecimento de Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Health Serv
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article