Folic acid awareness and supplementation among Texas women of childbearing age

Canfield, Mark A.; Przybyla, Sarahmona M.; Case, Amy P.; Ramadhani, Tunu A.; Suarez, Lucina; Dyer, James

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.022

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“…Compared to the results of studies performed in higher income countries such as Thailand -76% (Nawapun and Phupong, 2007), Canada -95% (French et al, 2003) and USA -78% (Canfield et al, 2006) the level of awareness we observed was low. The very low % of women in our study who knew about fetal effect and appropriate time of supplementation in relation to pregnancy (16.3% and 5.0% respectively) was lower than the Chinese study (30% and 23% (Ren et al, 2006)) but comparable to the study from India (Gupta, 2000), where no women demonstrated knowledge of these facts.…”

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“…The very low % of women in our study who knew about fetal effect and appropriate time of supplementation in relation to pregnancy (16.3% and 5.0% respectively) was lower than the Chinese study (30% and 23% (Ren et al, 2006)) but comparable to the study from India (Gupta, 2000), where no women demonstrated knowledge of these facts. Our findings that being under the age of 25 and having less education were associated with lower awareness are consistent with results published in previous studies that included these co-variates (Abdulrazzaq et al, 2003;Alozie Arole et al, 2003;Canfield et al, 2006).…”

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Awareness of periconceptional folic acid supplementation among Nepalese women of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study

Paudel

Wing

Silpakar

2012

Preventive Medicine

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Awareness of periconceptional folic acid supplementation among Nepalese women of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study

Paudel

Wing

Silpakar

2012

Preventive Medicine

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“…The emphasis on increasing awareness arose from evidence such as the 1998 March of Dimes survey, which found only 68% of 2,115 women ages 18-45 had even heard of or read about folic acid (Petrini et al, 1999). A survey conducted in 2001 of 1,196 Texas women of childbearing age found that 78% had heard of folic acid, but just 28% knew that it prevents birth defects, and only 25% knew to take it before pregnancy (Canfield et al, 2006).…”

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Pregnancy Intentions and Folic Acid Supplementation Exemplars: Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study

Parrott¹,

Volkman²,

Hillemeier³

et al. 2009

Journal of Health Communication

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One Healthy People 2010 objective is that 80% of women in the United States start a pregnancy with optimal levels of folic acid. This often requires women to use folic acid supplements preconceptionally to get adequate levels. Efforts to achieve the objective have resulted in a suboptimal floor effect at less than 50% of women. We advance a framework based on exemplification theory, identifying supplementation as an additive action in which two role models exemplify folic acid supplementation among women of reproductive age able to become pregnant (n = 1,258). The women were participants in Phase I of the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). One exemplar identified represents the positive habits aligned with supplementers considering a pregnancy sometime in their future, while the other resides in the exemplification of positive habits aligned with supplementers not considering a pregnancy sometime in their future but still able to become pregnant. Among women not considering a future pregnancy, daily green salad consumption, weekly fish consumption, having had a health care visit in the past year, and having had any ob/gyn visit in the past 2 years resulted in increased odds of folic acid supplement use in a multivariable model. In the same model, an increase in age resulted in increased odds of folic acid supplement use. Among women considering a future pregnancy, not smoking cigarettes, having higher levels of psychosocial stress, and having higher levels of interaction social support resulted in increased odds of folic acid supplement use in a multivariable model. In the same model, those who have had a health care visit in the past year, as well as those who have received pregnancy planning counseling, were also more likely to use a folic acid supplement. Implications for strategic communication are considered.

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“…9 As the human body is unable to synthesize this vitamin so it should be taken in the form of diet or supplements in order to surmount the genetic and nutritional influences that lead to birth defects. 10 The incidence of neural tube defects in Pakistan is relatively high 11 and it is estimated as 13.90 per 1000 live births 12 , whereas in United Kingdom (UK), United states of America (USA), Denmark and Oman it is around 1-5 per 1000 live births. 13,14,15 This low prevalence rate is due to increased knowledge of folic acid consumption in periconceptional period.…”

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Knowledge of Women; Supplementation of Folic Acid in Periconceptional Period

Fatima¹,

Saif²,

Ghani³

et al. 2016

TPMJ

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ABSTRACT… Objectives: Around 50 to 70% of the neural tube defects can be prevented if a woman consumes sufficient folic acid daily before conception and throughout first trimester of her pregnancy. Therefore, the women should be well aware about the apt supplementation of folic acid to mitigate those miseries that can be resulted from its deficiency. Study Design: A descriptive survey design. Setting: Obstetrical OPDs of Lahore General Hospital, Lady Aitchison Hospital, Jinnah Hospital Lahore, DHQ Hospital Multan, DHQ Hospital Faisalabad, and DHQ Hospital Rawalpindi. Methodology: A total of 300 pregnant women were studied to assess the level of knowledge and practices among women regarding use of folic acid before and during pregnancy. Non probability convenient sampling technique was used for the purpose. Data was collected by a self administered questionnaire and was analysed by SPSS version 20. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The results signified that a major fraction of pregnant women 227 (76%) were having poor level of knowledge as they scored less than 50% on knowledge based questions in the questionnaire. Only 4% were distinguished with excellent knowledge according to arbitrary scale, which were made-up to be a very low percentage. Conclusion: Findings of the study suggested that the knowledge of the women regarding folic acid supplementation is insufficient that may in response lead to increase risk for the incidences of neural tube defect. Key words:Knowledge, folic Acid, Neural Tube Defects, Periconceptional Period

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Folic acid awareness and supplementation among Texas women of childbearing age

Cited by 35 publications

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Awareness of periconceptional folic acid supplementation among Nepalese women of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study

Awareness of periconceptional folic acid supplementation among Nepalese women of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study

Pregnancy Intentions and Folic Acid Supplementation Exemplars: Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study

Knowledge of Women; Supplementation of Folic Acid in Periconceptional Period

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