Nurses are available to provide health services for women and children due to the provisions of the:
a. Sheppard-Towner Act
b. Public Protection of Maternity and Infancy program
c. Early Periodic Screening and Developmental Testing (EPSDT) program
d. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program
A
This act also offered well-child and child-development services, provided adequate hospital ser-vices and facilities for women and children, and provided grants-in-aid for establishing maternal and child welfare programs.
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