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S. C. R. No. 15 As Adopted by the HouseAs Adopted by the House
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Tavares, Jones, Bacon, Balderson, Beagle, Brown, Burke, Cafaro, Coley, Daniels, Eklund, Faber, Gentile, Hite, Hughes, Kearney, Lehner, Manning, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Schiavoni, Skindell, Smith, Wagoner
Representatives Gonzales, Fende, Antonio, Carney, Garland, Hackett, Hottinger, Johnson, Schuring, Yuko, Amstutz, Barnes, Beck, Blessing, Boyce, Bubp, Budish, Celebrezze, Celeste, Combs, Driehaus, Duffey, Fedor, Gardner, Gerberry, Letson, Mallory, McClain, Milkovich, Murray, O'Brien, Phillips, Pillich, Ramos, Ruhl, Sears, Slesnick, Sprague, Stautberg, Stinziano, Sykes, Szollosi, Wachtmann, Williams, Young Speaker Batchelder
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To express the General Assembly's support of
increasing public awareness of and education on
the importance of folic acid in the diets of women
of childbearing age.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Sufficient folic acid in women's diets before and
during pregnancy can reduce the risk of birth defects of the brain
and spinal cord known as neural tube defects; and |
| WHEREAS, Neural tube defects occur in about one out of every
one thousand pregnancies in the United States; and |
| WHEREAS, Studies have shown that neural tube defects could be
prevented if women consume the proper amounts of folic acid before
becoming pregnant and during early pregnancy; and |
| WHEREAS, The Food and Nutrition Board of the National
Academies' Institute of Medicine, the United States Public Health
Service, and the United States Preventative Services Task Force
recommend that women who are of childbearing age should consume
four hundred micrograms of synthetic folic acid every day from a
vitamin or from fortified foods, in addition to eating a healthy
diet rich in natural sources of folate; and |
| WHEREAS, The March of Dimes found that while public awareness
is improving and eighty-four per cent of women have heard of folic
acid, only thirty-nine per cent take a daily vitamin containing
folate, only twenty per cent know that folic acid prevents birth
defects, and only eleven per cent know it should be taken before
pregnancy; and |
| WHEREAS, The March of Dimes found that health professionals
have not been the main source of women's information and awareness
about folic acid since forty-nine per cent of the women who
learned about folic acid did so from the media as compared to
thirty-three per cent who learned about folic acid from their
physicians or other healthcare providers; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, express our
support of increasing public awareness of and education on the
importance of folic acid in the diets of women of childbearing age
to help prevent neural tube defects; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, suggest that the Ohio Department of Health,
State Medical Board of Ohio, Ohio Board of Nursing, Ohio State
Board of Pharmacy, and the Ohio Department of Insurance
collaborate when engaging in any effort to increase public
awareness of and education on the importance of folic acid. |
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