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Folic Acid Campaign Materials and References

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Client Education

CDC has folic acid education materials available free of charge for your use. The materials were developed, tested, refined, and produced to target two audiences.

• Before You Know It brochures, posters, print ads (small posters), fact sheets (brochure text with clipart to reproduce in black and white), and video and audio PSAs are intended for women who are thinking about becoming pregnant now or sometime soon. These materials are available in English and Spanish.
   

• The Ready, Not series of brochures, posters, print ads, and PSAs are intended for women who are not planning to get pregnant in the near future. English only

Other materials include:

• Living with Spina Bifida: A Glimpse for Prevention Campaign Partners (Booklet available in English and Spanish)

• Angels Don't Walk, They Fly (Available as a Video PSA and a CD PSA)

• Fact Sheet for the General Public (Available in English and Spanish),

• Fact Sheet regarding the Campaign (PDF English)

• Folic Acid Questions and Answers  fact sheet (PDF English).

Planning Your Campaign

The following materials may be helpful in planning your campaign:

• Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects: A Prevention Model and Resource Guide [PDF English]
   

• Appendices to Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects:  A Prevention Model and Resource Guide
   
• Media Campaign Implementation Kit [PDF English]

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• What You Should Know About Folic Acid (English)  A booklet for parents who have lost a pregnancy or had a child with spina bifida, anencephaly, or encephalocele.  Also available in Spanish

• Link to March of Dimes

• Link to Spina Bifida Association of America Publications

Recent Articles:  List of journal publications related to folic acid and neural tube defects from 1990 to present.  Link to list of articles.

CDC's Office of Communication's HealthComm KEY database contains summaries of recent journal articles relating to health communication research and practice.  Additional books, articles, journals, websites and other sources that may be useful to individuals interested in health communications are listed in this database http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/hcomm/additsource.pdf .

Other References:  Booklets, resource guide, appendices to resource guide.

• The Prevention of Neural Tube Defects with Folic Acid: Acuna JA, Yoon P,  Erickson JD. CDC, 1999.  Also available in Spanish.
  English PDF Version; Spanish PDF Version
• Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects: A National Campaign
  Patricia W. Mersereau, RN, MN, CPNP (This article appeared in Small Talk, Vol 12, No 2, March 2000, p 1-2, 4-5.)

• Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects:  A Prevention Model and Resource Guide

• Appendices to Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects:  A Prevention Model and Resource Guide

• Scientific Articles in Appendix B of Preventing Neural Tube Birth Defects:  A Prevention Model and Resource Guide

·	Overview		·	Materials and References
·	What's New		·	National Council
·	State/Local Campaign Efforts		·	Newsletters

Date: July 27, 2005
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities