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From the Texas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention
Every 4 years, Texas scientists do the Texas Women's Health Survey.
This is a short phone survey of health knowledge, thoughts, and
behaviors. The questions are about birth defects prevention.
- In 1997, researchers surveyed 1,200 Texas women. In 2001,
they asked another 1,200 women the same questions.
- Some of the questions they asked were about folic acid. They
asked women what they know about folic acid. They also asked how
often the women took vitamins with folic acid or ate cereals
with folic acid.
- Researchers compared results from both years. Awareness of
folic acid rose from 66% to 78% among women surveyed. But, only
33% of women in each survey said they took a vitamin with folic
acid every day.
- The gap between awareness and use of folic acid is cause for
concern. It shows that more work is needed to prevent birth
defects. Repeating the survey every few years lets researchers
track changes in these trends.
Source: Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention. Texas:
Survey of women’s awareness of birth defects prevention. NBDPS
News 2004:3.
[Back to Texas Center information]
Date:
March 11, 2009
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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