Folic Acid Campaign and Evaluation -- Southwestern Virginia, 1997-1999. From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: October 15, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A needs assessment conducted in rural southwestern Virginia in 1996 indicated higher rates of birth defects in that region than in the entire state [1]. In response to these findings, in January 1997 the regional perinatal council conducted a community folic acid information campaign designed to raise awareness about the 1992 Public Health Service recommendation that all women who are capable of becoming pregnant consume 400 [micro]g (0.4 mg) of the B vitamin folic acid every day t...

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