Effects of a simple educational intervention in well-baby clinics on women's knowledge about and intake of folic acid supplements in the periconceptional period: a controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the hypothesis that a concise intervention to promote the preconception use of folic acid (FA) supplements among mothers who visit a well-baby clinic (WBC) for the 6-month check-up of their youngest child is effective. Effectiveness was measured as intention to use or actual use of FA supplements before a next pregnancy among women who expected to be pregnant within 0-12 months.

Design

Controlled intervention study with independent samples of intervention and control mothers. The intervention took place at the 6-month visit. A post-intervention measurement was done in the intervention group and a comparable measurement in the control group at the 11-month check-up visit.

Setting

The intervention, verbal and in writing, was implemented in four Dutch W

SUBMITTER: de Smit DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271345 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature