Lower Folic Acid Rates in Texas Related to Socioeconomic Status, but Not Cost

Texas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

January, 2001

Table of Contents

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• Lower Folic Acid Rates in Texas Related to Socioeconomic Status, but Not Cost
  
• Objective
  
• Methods
  
• Contributors
  
• Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, Folic Acid Module
  
• Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, Folic Acid Module
  
• Household Income, Education, and Folic Acid
  
• Race/Ethnicity and Daily Folic Acid Use
  
• Awareness and Folic Acid Use
  
• Awareness and Folic Acid Use
  
• Question: “What is the main reason you do not take vitamin pills or supplements?”
  
• Question: “What is the main reason you do not take vitamin pills or supplements?”
  
• Question: “Has a doctor, nurse, or health care provider ever advised you to take vitamins or supplements?”
  
• Question: “Some experts recommend that women take 400 mcg of folic acid daily. Why?”
  
• Summary Points

Related Links

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• CDC BRFSS Questionnaire Site.
• Texas BRFSS
• National Birth Defects Prevention Network NTD Surveillance/Folic Acid Education Committee

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