title: Preconception counseling and women's compliance with folic acid supplementation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  I am counseling patients to take folic acid when they plan pregnancy and during early pregnancy. Is there any proof that counseling really causes women to comply?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A recent Motherisk study showed that counseling women who were planning pregnancy about folic acid use is very effective: 71% of those counseled took folic acid, compared with only 17% of those who were not counseled.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pastuszak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okotore
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D009864:Ontario; D010298:Parity; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011247:Pregnancy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid