caa a22 4500 445306580 CHVBK 20180317142615.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00404-010-1547-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00404-010-1547-5 Awareness, knowledge, and use of folic acid among women: a study from Turkey [Elektronische Daten] [Zeynep Baykan, Ahmet Öztürk, Serpil Poyrazoğlu, İskender Gün] Purpose: To investigate the awareness, knowledge, and behaviors relevant to folic acid intake in women aged 15-49years. Materials and methods: A questionnaire designed by the researchers was administered to 1,083 women who attended to family health care centers for any reason, between 1 and 15 of December 2009. Results: Half of the women (53.7%) surveyed did not hear or read about folic acid. Women older than 35 and less-educated women were more unaware of folic acid. Out of 171 pregnant women, 81.3% (139 women) were taking/took vitamin/folic acid supplementation but only 12.2% of the users started to take supplements at least 1month before conception. Out of 912 non-pregnant women 81 (8.9%) said they are taking any vitamin or mineral supplement. Out of the women who are not pregnant, not using a modern contraceptive method and planning to have a child at the time of the survey, only 9 (10%) were taking vitamin/folic acid. The most common information sources on folic acid were the doctors. Conclusion: In order to improve the intake of folic acid during the recommended period, preconceptional counseling by the family doctors to inform women of childbearing age about the need to take folic acid to prevent NTDs seems to be important. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Folic acid nationallicence Awareness nationallicence Usage nationallicence Neural tube defects nationallicence Baykan Zeynep Department of Medical Education, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut Öztürk Ahmet Department of Public Health, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut Poyrazoğlu Serpil Department of Public Health, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut Gün İskender Department of Public Health, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Springer-Verlag 283/6(2011-06-01), 1249-1253 0932-0067 283:6<1249 2011 283 404 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1547-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1547-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baykan Zeynep Department of Medical Education, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Öztürk Ahmet Department of Public Health, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poyrazoğlu Serpil Department of Public Health, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gün İskender Department of Public Health, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Springer-Verlag 283/6(2011-06-01), 1249-1253 0932-0067 283:6<1249 2011 283 404 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer