Volume
39
Issue
6
Abstract
Students in Missouri schools are learning about the preventive factor of birth defects related to folic acid in the diet, and alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy. A comprehensive new curriculum was developed and implemented as a joint project of University of Missouri Extension and Health Sciences-Genetics. Topics include: prenatal development, birth defects, folic acid, alcohol, tobacco, pre-pregnancy planning, pre-natal screening and diagnosis, and genetic counseling. 80% of Missouri school districts and 74% of Missouri Department of Health county offices received the curriculum.
Recommended Citation
Bell, B. (2001). An Ounce of Prevention: Addressing Birth Defects Related to Folic Acid, Alcohol and Tobacco, A High School Curriculum. The Journal of Extension, 39(6), Article 26. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol39/iss6/26
