A nurse provides health services for women and children in the community. Which of the fol-lowing provides the provisions to offer these services?
a. Sheppard-Towner Act
b. Public Protection of Maternity and Infan-cy program
c. Early Periodic Screening and Develop-mental Testing (EPSDT) program
d. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program
ANS: A
The Sheppard-Towner Act also offered well-child and child-development services, provided ad-equate hospital services and facilities for women and children, and provided grants-in-aid for es-tablishing maternal and child welfare programs. The Sheppard-Towner Act defined the role of the federal government in creating standards to be followed by states in conducting categorical programs, such as WIC and EPSDT programs.
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