Understanding Awareness and Consumption of Folic Acid among reproductive age women in Bahirdar Town, North west Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

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Abstract Background: Adequate maternal consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during the early weeks of gestation can reduce the risk of having a child with a neural tube defect. Current guidance recommends that all women who could become pregnant should take a folic acid supplement before conception and until the twelfth week of pregnancy. The aim of the study was to understand women’s awareness and folic acid consumption among reproductive age women in Bahir Dar town.Methods: A descriptive qualitative research approach, implementing face-to-face focus group (FGD) discussions was done during the month of 2019. The FGD audio was recorded and translated to English, and then content and thematic analysis was done.Result: Forty two (42) participants participated through four (4) focus group discussions. Almost all respondents did not know what foods contain folic acid. Even though Two (2) participants of the FGDS had heard/seen information about children who had Hydrocephalus / Spinal bifida they did not know the causes of neural tube defects.Conclusions : All reproductive age women that participated in the study had no under- standing of the importance of eating foods rich in folic acid in the months prior to pregnancy, and did not know food items containing high levels of folic acid.

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