TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive Impact of a Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplement Delivered with Social Marketing to Cambodian Women
T2 - Compliance, Participation, and Hemoglobin Levels Increase with Higher Socioeconomic Status
AU - Crape, Byron L.
AU - Kenefick, Eric
AU - Cavalli-Sforza, Tommaso
AU - Busch-Hallen, Jennifer
AU - Milani, Silvano
AU - Kanal, Koum
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - A social marketing program promoting weekly iron-folic acid supplementation improved hemoglobin levels in women of reproductive age in Cambodia. Supplementation was increasingly effective among women of higher socioeconomic status (SES). Among higher SES schoolgirls, 58% took the supplements, compared with 49% for lower SES (P = 0.07). Garment factory workers with an 11th- or 12th-grade education had a mean improvement in hemoglobin of 0.72 g/dL over those with a 5th-grade education or less (P = 0.04). The percentage of rural village women taking supplements increased with increasing SES (linear trend P = 0.046). These results suggest that women with lower SES be given special attention for future programs.
AB - A social marketing program promoting weekly iron-folic acid supplementation improved hemoglobin levels in women of reproductive age in Cambodia. Supplementation was increasingly effective among women of higher socioeconomic status (SES). Among higher SES schoolgirls, 58% took the supplements, compared with 49% for lower SES (P = 0.07). Garment factory workers with an 11th- or 12th-grade education had a mean improvement in hemoglobin of 0.72 g/dL over those with a 5th-grade education or less (P = 0.04). The percentage of rural village women taking supplements increased with increasing SES (linear trend P = 0.046). These results suggest that women with lower SES be given special attention for future programs.
KW - Cambodia
KW - Iron-folic acid
KW - Social marketing
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00159.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00159.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16466089
AN - SCOPUS:33644872748
SN - 0029-6643
VL - 63
SP - S134-S138
JO - Nutrition Reviews
JF - Nutrition Reviews
IS - SUPPL.2
ER -