Postpartum women in the Honduran health system: folic acid knowledge, attitudes, and practices Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas relacionados con el ácido fólico en mujeres recién paridas en Honduras

• Main Authors: Gayle R. Milla, Alina L. Flores, Edgardo Umaña, Mayes Ileana, Jorge Rosenthal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2007
• Subjects: Ácido fólico; fisiología de la nutrición prenatal; defectos del tubo neural; Honduras; Folic acid; prenatal nutrition physiology; neural tube defects; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Tuvo
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/27b7533c3cc447099c71ffd5ed78e722

OBJECTIVES: This study had two purposes: first, to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to folic acid and birth defects among a convenience sample of postpartum Honduran women; and second, to identify food consumption patterns in this population and determine high-consumption st...