Table 3.

respondents’ awareness, knowledge and utilization of folic acid among pregnant women seeking care at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, October 2015 to November 2015

Section	Variables	Number n=259	Percentage
Awareness	Heard of folic acid supplements	189	73
	Source of information (n=189)
	Television	144	76.2
	Radio	47	24.9
	Health care worker	21	11.1
	Neighbor	1	0.5
	Heard of fortified flour	63	22.7
	Source of Information (n=63)
	Television	28	44.4
	Radio	17	27.0
	Health care worker	8	12.7
	Neighbor/friends	4	6.3
Knowledge	Could mention at least one benefit of folic acid to pregnant women	90	34.7
	Benefits mentioned (n=90)
	Prevents anemia	64	71.1
	Prevents delivery of Low birth weight babies	39	43.3
	Prevents birth defects	27	30.0
	Prevents prematurity	13	14.4
	Knew the meaning of fortified flour	42	17.0
	Knew how to identify fortified flour	38	15.4
Utilization of folic acid (supplements and fortified flour	Reported folic acid supplements use	38	14.7
	Period started
	Peri-conceptionally	5	13.2
	First trimester	25	65.8
	Second trimester	7	18.4
	Consume maize flour from large scale millers	229	88.4
	Consume fortified maize flour brands	208	80.3
	Reasons for buying particular maize flour brands
	Taste	147	59.5
	Availability	45	18.2
	Cost	2	0.8
	Fortified	4	1.6
	Others	24	9.7
	Consume wheat flour from large scale millers
	Consume fortified wheat flour brands	259	100
	Reasons for buying particular wheat flour brands	216	83.4
	Taste	180	72.9
	Availability	26	10.5
	Cost	0	0.0
	Fortified	2	0.8
	Others	9	3.6