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Describing a Folic Acid Intervention for Health Care Providers: Implications for Professional Practice and Continuing Education

Dianne T. Helinski, RD, MHPE

Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas.

Jeanette M. Trauth, PhD

Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania.

Jan C. Jernigan, PhD

Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania.

Michael J. Kerr, MS

Program Services, Pennsylvania Chapter, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The purpose of this article is to, first, describe the content of a folic acid professional education intervention that was developed and implemented as a result of a collaborative effort between an academic institution and a nonprofit organization—the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, chapter of the March of Dimes—and the process by which it was developed; second, report the results of an evaluation of the impact of this intervention on knowledge and recommendation behaviors of health care providers; and third, discuss the implications for professional practice and continuing education. We developed a novel presentation that had practical utility for practitioners that could be implemented in either a classroom or continuing education setting.

Key Words: folic acid • neural tube defect • birth defects • professional education • health education

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 3, 326-333 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903257694
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