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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:
January 03, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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