Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Adequate levels of folate are important to adolescent girls and pregnant women
Inadequate maternal folic acid levels have been associated with placental abruption, preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, premature birth, low birth weight and neural tube defects (NTDs)[1,2]
A total of 94 high schools in the rural area of Mysuru district were line listed and 4 schools randomly selected by lottery
Summary
Adequate levels of folate are important to adolescent girls and pregnant women. Inadequate maternal folic acid levels have been associated with placental abruption, pre-eclampsia, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, prematurity, low birth weight and neural tube defects. When there is an increase in cell turnover, folic acid requirement increases[1]. Adequate levels of folic acid are important for adolescent females and pregnant women. Inadequate maternal folic acid levels have been associated with placental abruption, preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, premature birth, low birth weight and neural tube defects (NTDs)[1,2]. World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends optimum serum and red cell folic acid levels in women of reproductive age, to prevent NTDs3. Data on folate levels in rural adolescent girls are scanty
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