Folic Acid Intake of Young Women

Hilton, J.J.

doi:10.1177/088421702129004796

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“…Hilton reported that inadequate folic acid intake was common in young women aged 18 -24 years; the young women frequently had poor nutritional habits and were usually non-contemplators of pregnancy 23 . Amitai et al reported that 17 -19-year-old women had a lower rate of folic acid utilisation than 25 -29-year-old women in the Israeli population 11 .…”

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Periconceptional use of folic acid in Shanxi Province of northern China

Ren

Zhang

et al. 2007

Public Health Nutr.

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Periconceptional use of folic acid in Shanxi Province of northern China

Ren

Zhang

et al. 2007

Public Health Nutr.

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“…(2006) (120) ; Hilton (2002) (121) ; Kloeblen (1999) (122) ; Kloeblen & Batish (1999) (123) ; Lynch (2002) (128) ; Power et al (2000) (129) ; Rosenberg et al…”

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Use of folic acid supplements, particularly by low-income and young women: a series of systematic reviews to inform public health policy in the UK

Stockley

Lund

2008

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Objective: To provide a basis for making recommendations on the potential to improve use of folic acid supplements in the UK, particularly among low-income and young women. Design: Systematic reviews of relevant research from 1989 to May 2006 in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Results: Twenty-six systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses were identified from the wider public health literature, and eighteen studies on the effectiveness of preconception interventions were included. Ninety studies were identified which were directly relevant to folic acid supplement intake. There were factors that are particularly associated with lower rates of use of folic acid supplements. One of the most important of these is the link with unintended pregnancy, followed by age, socio-economic and ethnic group. Integrated campaigns can increase the use of folic acid supplements to some extent. Research trials indicated that: (i) printed resources and the mass media used in isolation are not effective in the longer term; and (ii) health-care-based initiatives can be effective and are more likely to be successful if they include making supplements easily available. Conclusions: Campaigns and interventions have the potential to exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities in folic acid use. One way of addressing this is to include elements that specifically target vulnerable women. To achieve and maintain an effect, they need to be based on good health promotion practice and to be sustained over a long period. However, even high-quality campaigns that increase use result in under half of women in the target group taking supplements. Keywords Folate Folic acid Supplements Neural tube defects Public health policies/interventionsThe overall aim of the work described in the present paper was to use a systematic approach to carry out literature reviews of research that has been done on influencing low-income groups, particularly girls/young women, to change their behaviour in relation to health. The intention was to provide a basis for making evidencebased recommendations on the potential to improve use of folic acid supplements in the UK.This was achieved by carrying out three complementary reviews. The first two of these provided a basis for the main (third) review. They were intended to assess whether there are findings from the wider public health literature (rather than work focusing specifically on folic acid) that might inform the development of effective interventions to increase use of folic acid supplements. Review 1 identified published systematic reviews or meta-analyses of initiatives that required 'positive precautionary action' by women. Review 2 identified research relevant to the effectiveness of different approaches to preconception interventions on behaviour. Review 3 formed the main part of the work, and focused specifically on quantitative or qualitative research aimed at encouraging women, particularly girls/young women and those from low-income groups, to take folic acid in the periconceptional p...

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“…Another study, conducted in North Carolina, found that many women ages 18 to 24 years had poor nutritional habits and were noncontemplators of pregnancy (Hilton, 2002). All participants in the study had inadequate intake of folic acid, attributed to the participants' lack of knowledge about folic acid and its prevention of birth defects.…”

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