Effect of mass media campaign to reduce socioeconomic differences in women's awareness and behaviour concerning use of folic acid: cross sectional study

A mass media campaign on the use of folic acid to reduce the risk of fetal neural tube defects was started in Sep 1995 in the Netherlands. The effect of the campaign on awareness and use of folic acid in relation to socioeconomic status is described.

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Published inBMJ Vol. 319; no. 7205; pp. 291 - 292
Main Authors de Walle, H E K, van der Pal, K M, de Jong-van den Berg, L T W, Jeeninga, W, Schouten, J S A G, de Rover, C M, Buitendijk, S E, Cornel, M C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 31.07.1999
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
British Medical Journal
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Awareness
Biological and medical sciences
Birth defects
Cross-Sectional Studies
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
Folic Acid - therapeutic use
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Health Education
Humans
Management. Prenatal diagnosis
Mass Media
Medical sciences
Neural Tube Defects - prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Values education
Vitamin B
Womens education
Consumption
Human
Nervous system diseases
Socioeconomic impact
Congenital disease
Folic acid
Pregnancy
Prenatal
Fetal diseases
Neural tube
Mass campaign
Malformation
Cross sectional study
Central nervous system disease
Female
Fetus
Influence
Mass media
Spinal cord disease
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Summary:A mass media campaign on the use of folic acid to reduce the risk of fetal neural tube defects was started in Sep 1995 in the Netherlands. The effect of the campaign on awareness and use of folic acid in relation to socioeconomic status is described.
Bibliography:Correspondence to: Dr Cornel
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Correspondence to: Dr Cornel m.c.cornel@med.rug.nl
Contributors: MCC, LTWdJ-vdB, and SEB initiated the studies. JSAGS was one of the initiators for focusing on socioeconomic status. KMvdP was involved in the daily coordination of the studies. HEKdW, KMvdP, WJ, and CdR took care of the data collection. HEKdW and KMvdP analysed the data. HEKdW wrote the paper and LTWdJ-vdB and MCC edited the paper. MCC, LTWdJ-vdB, and HEKdW will act as guarantors for the paper.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.319.7205.291