Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization

Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization

Social marketing and community mobilization approaches were applied in a pilot program to introduce weekly iron-folic acid supplementation to prevent anemia in Cambodian women of reproductive age. The program was implemented in three very different environments: secondary school girls, women working...

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Main Authors: Koum Kanal, Jennifer Busch-Hallen, Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza, Byron Crape, Suttilak Smitasiri
Other Authors: Ministry of Health Cambodia
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Published: 2018
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Medicine
Nursing
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spelling th-mahidol.161852018-06-21T15:33:17Z Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization Koum Kanal Jennifer Busch-Hallen Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza Byron Crape Suttilak Smitasiri Ministry of Health Cambodia Organisation Mondiale de la Sante The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Mahidol University Agricultural and Biological Sciences Medicine Nursing Social marketing and community mobilization approaches were applied in a pilot program to introduce weekly iron-folic acid supplementation to prevent anemia in Cambodian women of reproductive age. The program was implemented in three very different environments: secondary school girls, women working in garment factories in the vicinity of Phnom Penh, and women in rural villages. Each population provided its own challenges and obstacles. However, all three groups of women showed substantial improvements in knowledge about the causes, consequences, and prevention of anemia, and the large majority reported interest in continuing to take the supplements. © 2005 International Life Sciences Institute. 2018-06-21T08:06:12Z 2018-06-21T08:06:12Z 2005-12-01 Article Nutrition Reviews. Vol.63, No.SUPPL.2 (2005) 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2005.tb00158.x 17534887 00296643 2-s2.0-33644855930 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16185 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33644855930&origin=inward
institution Mahidol University
building Mahidol University Library
continent Asia
country Thailand
Thailand
content_provider Mahidol University Library
collection Mahidol University Institutional Repository
topic Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Medicine
Nursing
spellingShingle Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Medicine
Nursing
Koum Kanal
Jennifer Busch-Hallen
Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza
Byron Crape
Suttilak Smitasiri
Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
description Social marketing and community mobilization approaches were applied in a pilot program to introduce weekly iron-folic acid supplementation to prevent anemia in Cambodian women of reproductive age. The program was implemented in three very different environments: secondary school girls, women working in garment factories in the vicinity of Phnom Penh, and women in rural villages. Each population provided its own challenges and obstacles. However, all three groups of women showed substantial improvements in knowledge about the causes, consequences, and prevention of anemia, and the large majority reported interest in continuing to take the supplements. © 2005 International Life Sciences Institute.
author2 Ministry of Health Cambodia
author_facet Ministry of Health Cambodia
Koum Kanal
Jennifer Busch-Hallen
Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza
Byron Crape
Suttilak Smitasiri
format Article
author Koum Kanal
Jennifer Busch-Hallen
Tommaso Cavalli-Sforza
Byron Crape
Suttilak Smitasiri
author_sort Koum Kanal
title Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
title_short Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
title_full Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
title_fullStr Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
title_full_unstemmed Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplements to Prevent Anemia among Cambodian Women in Three Settings: Process and Outcomes of Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
title_sort weekly iron-folic acid supplements to prevent anemia among cambodian women in three settings: process and outcomes of social marketing and community mobilization
publishDate 2018
url https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16185
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