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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\u201312 months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014000986_abs2\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>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.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014000986_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>The intervention, verbal and in writing, was implemented in four Dutch WBC and given by the WBC physician to the mothers who visited the WBC.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014000986_abs4\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>All mothers visiting the WBC were eligible for inclusion, unless they were unable to complete a questionnaire. The intervention group consisted of 198 (68 %) mothers recruited from 291 6-month intervention visits and the control group of 215 (84 %) mothers recruited from 255 11-month normal visits.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014000986_abs5\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In mothers who expected to be pregnant within 0\u201312 months, the proportion using or intending to use FA was 65 % in the intervention group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>49)<jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>. 42 % in the control group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>43; difference 23 %, 95 % CI 4, 43 %,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b705).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980014000986_abs6\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Health education intervention at the 6-month WBC visit is an effective means to promote the use of FA supplements or the intention to do so.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980014000986","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,5,27]],"date-time":"2014-05-27T14:02:50Z","timestamp":1401199370000},"page":"1119-1126","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Effects of a simple educational intervention in well-baby clinics on women\u2019s knowledge about and intake of folic acid supplements in the periconceptional period: a controlled trial"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Denhard J","family":"de Smit","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephanie S","family":"Weinreich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Martina C","family":"Cornel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,5,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref8","unstructured":"De Jong-Van den Berg LTW , De Smit DJ & Meijer WM (2009) Preconceptionally self-reported use and intention to use of folic acid-supplements (rapid response). http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/rapid-response\/2011\/11\/02\/preconceptionally-self-reported-use-and-intention-use-folic-acid-supplemen (accessed October 2013)."},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref10","unstructured":"RIVM-Bilthoven (2013) Nationaal Kompas Volksgezondheid, versie 4.11. http:\/\/www.nationaalkompas.nl\/bevolking\/scholing-en-opleiding\/indeling-opleidingsniveau\/ (accessed October 2013)."},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/109019818601300108"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00228-007-0446-6"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckm129"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2004.10.620"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/bdra.22882"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1211\/0022357022980"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref3","volume-title":"Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior","author":"Ajzen","year":"1980"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.b481"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref1","first-page":"21","article-title":"The Dutch folate supplementation education programme:challenges in raising awareness","volume":"15","author":"Cornel","year":"2011","journal-title":"Gynaecol Forum"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref11","volume-title":"Practical Statistics for Medical Research","author":"Altman","year":"1991"},{"key":"S1368980014000986_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4324\/9780203199961","volume-title":"Action Research. 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