Flores Alina L, Prue Christine E, Daniel Katherine Lyon
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2007 Apr;8(2):145-53. doi: 10.1177/1524839906289167. Epub 2006 Sep 26.
Awareness about folic acid's effectiveness in reducing the risk of certain birth defects has increased among women in the United States; however, few Hispanic women are consuming enough folic acid daily. A 1998 survey conducted by the Gallup Organization for the National March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation found that English-speaking Hispanic women had lower folic acid awareness (53% vs. 72%) and lower daily consumption (29% vs. 33%) than non-Hispanic White women. In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted baseline surveys with Spanish-speaking Hispanic women in selected U.S. markets to measure folic acid awareness, knowledge, and consumption. A Spanish-language public service announcement (PSA) volunteer campaign and a paid Spanish-language media and community education campaign were conducted in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Comparisons of postcampaign surveys indicate that the paid media campaign was significantly more effective than the PSA campaign in increasing folic acid awareness, knowledge, and consumption among Spanish-speaking Hispanic women.
在美国，女性对叶酸在降低某些出生缺陷风险方面的有效性的认识有所提高；然而，很少有西班牙裔女性每天摄入足够的叶酸。1998年，盖洛普组织为美国国家出生缺陷基金会进行的一项调查发现，说英语的西班牙裔女性对叶酸的认识（53%对72%）和每日摄入量（29%对33%）低于非西班牙裔白人女性。1999年，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）在选定的美国市场对说西班牙语的西班牙裔女性进行了基线调查，以衡量她们对叶酸的认识、知识和摄入量。2000年和2002年分别开展了一场西班牙语公共服务公告（PSA）志愿者活动和一场付费的西班牙语媒体及社区教育活动。活动后调查的比较表明，付费媒体活动在提高说西班牙语的西班牙裔女性对叶酸的认识、知识和摄入量方面比PSA活动显著更有效。
