<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>156</id><JournalTitle>COLLEGE WOMEN ARE EXAMINED ON VITAMIN B9 KNOWLEDGE AND USE BY PHARMACY STUDENTS AND FACULTY</JournalTitle><Abstract>The involvement of pharmacists and pharmacy students in public health is increasing, so pharmacists and pharmacy students
have an opportunity to participate. well-being, good health, preventing diseases education is provided to the community.
Likewise, this study aims to examine how a health promotion program affects college women's knowledge and use of
multivitamins on the knowledge and use of multivitamins in general and on neural tube defects (NTDs) in particular. Pharmacy
students and two pharmacy faculty members developed a health promotion program including a presentation and reminders
based on consultations with two pharmacy faculty members. An assessment of participants' knowledge of folic acid and NTDs
was given before and immediately after the presentation. Folic acid was reminded to participants every week for three weeks.
The knowledge and use of multivitamins were assessed after four weeks. Sixteen college women volunteered to presentations
will be held orally. The four-week posttest was completed by twelve females (78.2%). As well as correct answers regarding
Vitamin B9 and NTD, a statistically significant increase in test scores was observed after the test (p = 0.0001). Multivitamin
use among participants increased statistically significantly (p=0.023). The pilot health promotion program significantly
improved participants' knowledge of vitamin B9 and multivitamins. Increasing college women's knowledge of folic acid and
NTD could be promoted through a similar health promotion program</Abstract><Email>appharma12@gmail.com</Email><articletype>Research</articletype><volume>13</volume><issue>1</issue><year>2023</year><keyword>Women,Pharmacy,Multi Vitamins, Students, Faculty, Folic acid</keyword><AUTHORS>Akila CR,Nikitha D,Pallavi A,Manasa N,Nazia Begum</AUTHORS><afflication>KLR Pharmacy College, Paloncha, Bhadradri Kothgudadm, Telangana- 507115, India,KLR Pharmacy College, Paloncha, Bhadradri Kothgudadm, Telangana- 507115, India,KLR Pharmacy College, Paloncha, Bhadradri Kothgudadm, Telangana- 507115, India,KLR Pharmacy College, Paloncha, Bhadradri Kothgudadm, Telangana- 507115, India,KLR Pharmacy College, Paloncha, Bhadradri Kothgudadm, Telangana- 507115, India</afflication></Article></Articles>