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| Title |
A free weekly iron-folic acid supplementation and regular deworming program is associated with improved hemoglobin and iron status indicators in Vietnamese women
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-9-261 |
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| Authors |
Gerard J Casey, Tran Q Phuc, Lachlan MacGregor, Antonio Montresor, Seema Mihrshahi, Tran D Thach, Nong T Tien, Beverley-Ann Biggs |
| Abstract |
Anemia due to iron deficiency is recognized as one of the major nutritional deficiencies in women and children in developing countries. Daily iron supplementation for pregnant women is recommended in many countries although there are few reports of these programs working efficiently or effectively. Weekly iron-folic acid supplementation (WIFS) and regular deworming treatment is recommended for non-pregnant women living in areas with high rates of anemia. Following a baseline survey to assess the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and soil transmitted helminth infections, we implemented a program to make WIFS and regular deworming treatment freely and universally available for all women of reproductive age in two districts of a province in northern Vietnam over a 12 month period. The impact of the program at the population level was assessed in terms of: i) change in mean hemoglobin and iron status indicators, and ii) change in the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and hookworm infections. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 144 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Vietnam | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 138 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 18% |
| Researcher | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 25% |
| Unknown | 29 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 14% |
| Unknown | 35 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 December 2013.
All research outputs
#6,724,773
of 23,706,541 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#7,015
of 15,401 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#34,024
of 112,979 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#18
of 60 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 15,401 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 53% of its peers.
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