METHODS: This study included all mother–newborn pairs (2003–2010) in Manitoba,
Canada, where the mother received prenatal social assistance, the infant was born in the
hospital, and the pair had a risk screen (N= 14 591). Low-income women who received the
income supplement (Healthy Baby Prenatal Benefit [HBPB], n= 10 738) were compared with
low-income women who did not receive HBPB (n= 3853) on the following factors: low birth
weight, preterm, small and large for gestational age, Apgar score, breastfeeding initiation …