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Environmental Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of French Prenatal Professionals Working with a Socially Underprivileged Population: A Qualitative Study

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  • Marion Albouy-Llaty

    (INSERM, University Hospital of Poitiers, University of Poitiers, Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) 1402, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Department of Public Health, BioSPharm Pole, University Hospital of Poitiers, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Dispositif de recherche Interventionnelle en promotion de la santé environnementale, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, 860310 Poitiers CEDEX, France)

  • Steeve Rouillon

    (INSERM, University Hospital of Poitiers, University of Poitiers, Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) 1402, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Dispositif de recherche Interventionnelle en promotion de la santé environnementale, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, 860310 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    CNRS UMR 7285, Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers, IC2MP, University of Poitiers, 86073 Poitiers CEDEX, France)

  • Houria El Ouazzani

    (INSERM, University Hospital of Poitiers, University of Poitiers, Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) 1402, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Department of Public Health, BioSPharm Pole, University Hospital of Poitiers, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Dispositif de recherche Interventionnelle en promotion de la santé environnementale, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, 860310 Poitiers CEDEX, France)

  • Group DisProSE

    (Dispositif de recherche Interventionnelle en promotion de la santé environnementale, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, 860310 Poitiers CEDEX, France)

  • Sylvie Rabouan

    (INSERM, University Hospital of Poitiers, University of Poitiers, Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) 1402, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Dispositif de recherche Interventionnelle en promotion de la santé environnementale, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, 860310 Poitiers CEDEX, France)

  • Virginie Migeot

    (INSERM, University Hospital of Poitiers, University of Poitiers, Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) 1402, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Department of Public Health, BioSPharm Pole, University Hospital of Poitiers, 86021 Poitiers CEDEX, France
    Dispositif de recherche Interventionnelle en promotion de la santé environnementale, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, 860310 Poitiers CEDEX, France)

Abstract

Introduction: As environmental health knowledge of population is associated with social economic status, the objective of this study was to determine environmental health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of French prenatal professionals working with a socially underprivileged population. Material and methods: A focus group with eleven prenatal professionals working with socially underprivileged population was carried out in France in 2015. Content analysis of verbatim explanation was conducted with choice-of-subject categories carried out according to the triangulation principle, and topic trees were generated and applied. Results: The professionals have non-specialized experimental knowledge of emergent risks and were essentially preoccupied by infectious biological risks. In practice, however, they became increasingly cognizant of emergent risks. Their educational practices take cultural context into account but educational tools with imagination and affectivity have to be developed in order to reach socially underprivileged population. Discussion: Professionals are often sensitized to the field of environmental health in their apprehension of polluted biological environments, which they associate with social contexts and behavioral factors. In this study, we recommend adapted training programs and updated professional guidelines in view of reducing prenatal emergent risk exposures and social inequalities of health.

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  • Marion Albouy-Llaty & Steeve Rouillon & Houria El Ouazzani & Group DisProSE & Sylvie Rabouan & Virginie Migeot, 2019. "Environmental Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of French Prenatal Professionals Working with a Socially Underprivileged Population: A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-10, July.
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    1. Houria El Ouazzani & Simon Fortin & Nicolas Venisse & Antoine Dupuis & Steeve Rouillon & Guillaume Cambien & Anne-Sophie Gourgues & Pascale Pierre-Eugène & Sylvie Rabouan & Virginie Migeot & Marion Al, 2021. "Perinatal Environmental Health Education Intervention to Reduce Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors: The PREVED Project," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(1), pages 1-28, December.
    2. Steeve Rouillon & Houria El Ouazzani & Jean-Benoit Hardouin & Line Enjalbert & Sylvie Rabouan & Virginie Migeot & Marion Albouy-Llaty, 2020. "How to Educate Pregnant Women about Endocrine Disruptors?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-17, March.
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