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Revista Cubana de Salud Pública

versión impresa ISSN 0864-3466versión On-line ISSN 1561-3127

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LAGOS RUIZ, Magda Joana; ROCIO MONTENEGRO CASTILLO, Yulieth; NINO ORBEGOSO, Gina Paola  y  BARRERA PERDOMO, María del Pilar. Knowledge, attitudes, practice and consumption of calcium in a group of adult females: Bogota 2003-2004. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2005, vol.31, n.3. ISSN 0864-3466.

With the aim of determining knowledge, attitudes and practice about calcium consumption in female users of the health care service of the National University of Colombia, an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in which a survey was administered to 173 women aged 20-50 years, willing to participate in the study, in a non-randomized sampling. Knowledge, attitudes and practices with respect to calcium, and also coffee and alcohol consumption were considered. Fifty-two percent of women showed average knowledge whereas 86% had negative attitudes. The average calcium consumption/day was 673,6 426,7 mg. 66.6% of participants reported low consumption in relation with the Colombian recommendation. The study women were grouped into 5 classes according to the common characteristics of their knowledge, attitudes or rates of calcium consumption. The majority of the studied group presented with low calcium intake, sometimes due to lack of knowledge, negative attitudes towards the use of calcium and consumption of over 5 cups of coffee per day

Palabras clave : Knowledge; attitudes; practices; calcium consumption.

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