Prevention of spina bifida: Folic acid intake during pregnancy in Gulu district, northern Uganda

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bannink, Femke ^a   Larok, Rita ^b   Kirabira, Peter ^b   Bauwen, Lieven ^c   van Hove, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b International Health Science University   (Uganda)

^c International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Folic acid; Pregnancy; Spina bifida; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UGANDA; VEGETABLE; WAR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925356685     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.90.5338     Document Type: Article

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