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Folic Acid Consumption, Knowledge And Awareness Among Women At Child Bearing Age

Year 2015, Volume: 12 Issue: 6, 209 - 212, 01.12.2015

Gülay Yılmazel , Nuriye Büyükkayacı Duman Tayfun Güngör

Abstract

Aim: This study was aimed to determine folic acid consumption, knowledge and awareness among married women at child bearing age.Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was administered to 500 women who registered and attended to two family centers for any reason, in March2015, Çorum. Data was collected by using a 30 item question naire which was asking demographic, obstetric, behavioral characteristics, folic acid consumption, knowledge and awareness of women. In analysis, percents, means, Chi-Square test was used and p

Keywords

Folic acid consumption knowledge awareness neural tube defects

References

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  • Li Z, Zhang L, Ye R, Pei L, Liu J, Zheng X et al. In door airpollution from coal combustion and the risk of neural tube defects in a rural population in Shanxi Province, China. Am J Epidemiol 2011;174(4):451–8.
  • Lo A, Polsek D, Sidhu S. Estimating the burden of neural tube defects in low- and middle in come countries. J Glob Health 2014;4(1):010402.
  • The European Registration of Congenital Abnormalities and Twins(EURO- CAT). Erişim Tarihi: 5 Haziran 2015. Available from:http://www.euro- cat-network.eu/prevdata/resultsPdf.aspx?title=A5&allanom=false&all- regf= true&allrega= true&anomalies=3&winx=1576&winy=752.
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  • Pfeiffer CM, Schleicher RL, Johnson CL, Coates PM. Assessing vita- min status in large population surveys by measuring biomarkers and dietaryin take – two case studies: folate and vitamin D. Food Nutr Res 2012;56:1-10.
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline: Optimal serum and red blo- od cell folatecon centrations in women of reproductive age for prevention of neural tube defects. WHO Press, Geneva,2015: 9-48.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Recommendations for theUse of Folic Acid to Reduce the Number of Cases of Spina Bifida and Other Neural Tube Defects. Morbidity and MortalityWeekly Report 1992;11(RR-14).Erişim Tarihi: 5 Haziran 2015. Available from: http:// www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00019479.htm.
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  • Ray JG, Meier C, Vermeulen MJ, Boss S, Wyatt PR, ColeDE. Association of neural tube defects and folic acid food fortification in Canada. Lancet 2002; 360 (9350): 2047–2048.
  • Lopez-Camelo JS, Orioli IM, da GracaDutra M, Nazer-Herrera J, Rivera N, Ojeda ME,et al. Reduction of birth prevalence rates of neural tube defects after folic acid fortification in Chile. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 135 : 120–25.
  • Tunçbilek E, Temel E, Özalp İ, Teziç T, Köse MR, Üstündağ Mve ark. Ge- netik Hastalıklar. Sağlık Personeli için El Kitabı. T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Ana Çocuk Sağlığı ve Aile Planlaması Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, 2002.
  • Horn F, Sabova L, Pinterova E, Hornova J, Trnka J. Prevention of neural tube defects by folic acid – awareness among women of child bearing age in Slovakia. Bratisl Lek Listy 2014;115:91-7.
  • Bitzer J, Stenglin AV, Bannemerschult R. Women’s a wareness and pe- riconceptional use of folic acid: data from a large European survey. Int J Womens Health 2013:5 201–13.
  • Rofail D, Colligs A, Abetz L, Lindemann M, Maguire L. Factors contribu- ting to the success of folic acid public health campaigns. J Public Health 2011;34: 90-9.
  • Sharp GF, Naylor LA, Cai J, Hyder ML, Chandra P, Guillory VJ. Assessing awareness, knowledge and use of folic acid in Kansas women between the ages of 18 and 44 years. Matern Child Health J 2009; 1: 814–21.
  • Unusan N.Assessment of Turkish women’s knowledge concerning folic acid and prevention of birth defects. Public Health Nutr 2004;7:851–55.
  • Turgul O, Anlı N, Mandıracıoglu A, Batı H, Akkol S. The regional campaign for women on awareness of neural tube defects and folic acid in Narli- dere, Izmir: a community-based intervention. Eur J Contra cept Reprod Health Care 2009; 14:69–74.
  • Baykan Z, Oztürk A, Poyrazoglu S, Gün I. Awareness, knowledge, and use of folic acid among women: a study from Turkey. Arch Gynecol Obs- tet. 2011; 283:1259–1253.
  • Rasmussen MM, Clemmensen D.Folic acid supplement ationin pregnant women. Dan Med Bull 57:4134.
  • Lantz AG, Edmundson JG, Kisely SR, MacLellan DL. Sources of informa- tion for the use of periconceptual folic acid.Public Health 2010;124:238– 240.
  • Al-Holy M, Eideh A, Epuru S, Abu-Jamous D, Ashankyty I. A wareness of folic acid ın take among women in the child bearing age in Hail Region— Saudi Arabia. Food and Nutrition Sciences 2013; 4: 49-55.

Doğurgan Yaş Grubundaki Kadınlarda Folik Asit Kullanımı, Bilgi ve Farkındalığı

Year 2015, Volume: 12 Issue: 6, 209 - 212, 01.12.2015

Gülay Yılmazel , Nuriye Büyükkayacı Duman Tayfun Güngör

Abstract

Giriş: Bu araştırma doğurgan çağdaki evli kadınların folik asit kullanım durumlarını, bilgi ve farkındalık durumlarını belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel türdeki bu araştırma, 2015 Mart tarihinde Çorum il merkezindeki iki aile sağlığı merkezine herhangi bir nedenle başvuran ve kayıtlı 15-49 yaş arasındaki evli 500 kadın arasında yapıldı.Araştırmanın verileri, kadınların demografik, obstetrik, davranışsal özellikleri ile bilgi ve farkındalık düzeylerini sorgulayan 30 soruluk bir anket formu ile toplandı. Analizlerde yüzdelik, ortalama, Ki-kare testi kullanıldı. Tüm analizlerde p

Keywords

Folik asit kullanım bilgi farkındalık nöral tüp defektleri

References

  • Liu L, Johnson HL, Cousens S, Perin J, Scott S, Lawn JE et al. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000. Lancet 2012;379:2151– 61.
  • Duke Molecular Physiology Institute. Neural Tube Defects (NTDs). Erişim Tarihi: 5 Haziran 2015. Available from: http://dmpi.duke.edu/neural-tu- be-defects-ntds. Accessed 05 June 2015.
  • Walling ford JB, Niswander LA, Shaw GM, Finnell RH. The continuing challenge up under standing, preventing, and treating neural tube defe- cts. Science 2013;339(6123):1222002.
  • Li Z, Zhang L, Ye R, Pei L, Liu J, Zheng X et al. In door airpollution from coal combustion and the risk of neural tube defects in a rural population in Shanxi Province, China. Am J Epidemiol 2011;174(4):451–8.
  • Lo A, Polsek D, Sidhu S. Estimating the burden of neural tube defects in low- and middle in come countries. J Glob Health 2014;4(1):010402.
  • The European Registration of Congenital Abnormalities and Twins(EURO- CAT). Erişim Tarihi: 5 Haziran 2015. Available from:http://www.euro- cat-network.eu/prevdata/resultsPdf.aspx?title=A5&allanom=false&all- regf= true&allrega= true&anomalies=3&winx=1576&winy=752.
  • Tunçbilek E. Türkiye’deki yüksek nöral tüp defekti sıklığı ve önlemek için yapılabilecekler.Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2004; 47: 79-84.
  • De Benoist B. Conclusions of a WHO Technical Consultation on folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies.The United Nations University Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2008; 29:238-244.
  • Pfeiffer CM, Schleicher RL, Johnson CL, Coates PM. Assessing vita- min status in large population surveys by measuring biomarkers and dietaryin take – two case studies: folate and vitamin D. Food Nutr Res 2012;56:1-10.
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline: Optimal serum and red blo- od cell folatecon centrations in women of reproductive age for prevention of neural tube defects. WHO Press, Geneva,2015: 9-48.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Recommendations for theUse of Folic Acid to Reduce the Number of Cases of Spina Bifida and Other Neural Tube Defects. Morbidity and MortalityWeekly Report 1992;11(RR-14).Erişim Tarihi: 5 Haziran 2015. Available from: http:// www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00019479.htm.
  • Eichholzer M, Tonz O, Zimmermann R. Folicacid: a public-healthchallen- ge. Lancet 2006; 367:1352–1361.
  • Ray JG, Meier C, Vermeulen MJ, Boss S, Wyatt PR, ColeDE. Association of neural tube defects and folic acid food fortification in Canada. Lancet 2002; 360 (9350): 2047–2048.
  • Lopez-Camelo JS, Orioli IM, da GracaDutra M, Nazer-Herrera J, Rivera N, Ojeda ME,et al. Reduction of birth prevalence rates of neural tube defects after folic acid fortification in Chile. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 135 : 120–25.
  • Tunçbilek E, Temel E, Özalp İ, Teziç T, Köse MR, Üstündağ Mve ark. Ge- netik Hastalıklar. Sağlık Personeli için El Kitabı. T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Ana Çocuk Sağlığı ve Aile Planlaması Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, 2002.
  • Horn F, Sabova L, Pinterova E, Hornova J, Trnka J. Prevention of neural tube defects by folic acid – awareness among women of child bearing age in Slovakia. Bratisl Lek Listy 2014;115:91-7.
  • Bitzer J, Stenglin AV, Bannemerschult R. Women’s a wareness and pe- riconceptional use of folic acid: data from a large European survey. Int J Womens Health 2013:5 201–13.
  • Rofail D, Colligs A, Abetz L, Lindemann M, Maguire L. Factors contribu- ting to the success of folic acid public health campaigns. J Public Health 2011;34: 90-9.
  • Sharp GF, Naylor LA, Cai J, Hyder ML, Chandra P, Guillory VJ. Assessing awareness, knowledge and use of folic acid in Kansas women between the ages of 18 and 44 years. Matern Child Health J 2009; 1: 814–21.
  • Unusan N.Assessment of Turkish women’s knowledge concerning folic acid and prevention of birth defects. Public Health Nutr 2004;7:851–55.
  • Turgul O, Anlı N, Mandıracıoglu A, Batı H, Akkol S. The regional campaign for women on awareness of neural tube defects and folic acid in Narli- dere, Izmir: a community-based intervention. Eur J Contra cept Reprod Health Care 2009; 14:69–74.
  • Baykan Z, Oztürk A, Poyrazoglu S, Gün I. Awareness, knowledge, and use of folic acid among women: a study from Turkey. Arch Gynecol Obs- tet. 2011; 283:1259–1253.
  • Rasmussen MM, Clemmensen D.Folic acid supplement ationin pregnant women. Dan Med Bull 57:4134.
  • Lantz AG, Edmundson JG, Kisely SR, MacLellan DL. Sources of informa- tion for the use of periconceptual folic acid.Public Health 2010;124:238– 240.
  • Al-Holy M, Eideh A, Epuru S, Abu-Jamous D, Ashankyty I. A wareness of folic acid ın take among women in the child bearing age in Hail Region— Saudi Arabia. Food and Nutrition Sciences 2013; 4: 49-55.
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Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section Research Article
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Gülay Yılmazel

Nuriye Büyükkayacı Duman This is me

Tayfun Güngör This is me

Publication Date December 1, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2015 Volume: 12 Issue: 6

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Vancouver Yılmazel G, Büyükkayacı Duman N, Güngör T. Doğurgan Yaş Grubundaki Kadınlarda Folik Asit Kullanımı, Bilgi ve Farkındalığı. JGON. 2015;12(6):209-12.