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Title: Evaluation of Long-Term Vitamin Usage Among Participants in a Western North Carolina Multivitamin Distribution Program Judy Major, MPH Program Coordinator Fullerton Genetics Center Mission Hospitals


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Evaluation of Long-TermVitamin Usage Among
Participants in a Western North Carolina
Multivitamin Distribution Program Judy Major,
MPHProgram CoordinatorFullerton Genetics Center
Mission Hospitals Asheville, NC 12th Annual
MCH/EPI Conference
December 7, 2006 C1
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WNC Folic Acid Campaign
  • Covers 24, mostly-rural, counties served by one
    tertiary hospital
  • Grass roots education done through Community
    Ambassadors
  • Healthcare provider education
  • Media - radio, TV, print
  • Multivitamin Distribution

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Multivitamin Distribution
  • Continuous operation since 2001
  • Vitamins free to low-income,
    non-pregnant women, ages 14 - 44
  • Distributed at public health depts.
  • Vitamins given face-to-face/1 on 1
  • Current cost of vitamins - 1.15/bottle
  • 73,000 bottles distributed

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WNC Multivitamin Survey
- Fall 2005
  • Findings of a telephone survey of recipients of
    free vitamins living in Western North Carolina

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Survey specifics
  • Approximately 3,500 recipients
  • 500 randomly selected
  • 65 (322) completed the survey (7 9 months
    after first free bottle)
  • Race/ethnicity Caucasian
    60 Latina
    26 African-
    American 8 Other
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Folic Acid Knowledge
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Reasons for taking MV
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Taking multivitamins
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Taking MVs 5-7days/week
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If free vitamins run out
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Conclusions
  • Providing multivitamins as a part of routine
    healthcare for low-income women of childbearing
    age can be an effective method for increasing
    vitamin usage in that population.
  • Effectiveness may be enhanced by one-on-one
    education with recipients and a simultaneous,
    broad-based public education campaign about folic
    acid.

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Prevalence of Neural Tube Birth DefectsNorth
Carolina and Western Perinatal Region,
1995-2005N.C. Birth Defects Monitoring Program
2002 and 2003 data are provisional
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