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Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals
The exposure of pregnant women to environmental contaminants is a subject of international concern. However, the risk perception of these contaminants by health professionals (HP) has not been extensively investigated. The main objective of the PERI–HELPE study (Perception of Risk–HEaLth Professiona...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5201396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27999342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13121255 |
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author | Marie, Cécile Lémery, Didier Vendittelli, Françoise Sauvant-Rochat, Marie-Pierre |
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description | The exposure of pregnant women to environmental contaminants is a subject of international concern. However, the risk perception of these contaminants by health professionals (HP) has not been extensively investigated. The main objective of the PERI–HELPE study (Perception of Risk–HEaLth Professionals & Environment Study) was to assess the risk perception of environmental exposure of pregnant women by perinatal HPs. The secondary objectives were to describe the preventive attitudes of perinatal HPs concerning chemicals exposure of pregnant women and to identify the barriers to preventive attitude. A cross-sectional study was performed in 2015 in France. One hundred eighty-nine HPs (obstetricians, midwives, and general practitioners) replied to an online self-administered questionnaire (participation rate: 11%). Carbon monoxide, pesticides and lead were the contaminants most frequently perceived as a high risk for pregnant women. A minority of HPs asked women about their chemical exposure and advised them to reduce exposure. The lack of information, training and scientific evidence in environmental health were the main difficulties declared by the HPs to advise pregnant women. Despite the low response rate, our findings provide important information to encourage French health authorities to take into account the difficulties encountered by HPs and set up appropriate training programs in Environmental health. |
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spelling | pubmed-52013962016-12-30 Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals Marie, Cécile Lémery, Didier Vendittelli, Françoise Sauvant-Rochat, Marie-Pierre Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The exposure of pregnant women to environmental contaminants is a subject of international concern. However, the risk perception of these contaminants by health professionals (HP) has not been extensively investigated. The main objective of the PERI–HELPE study (Perception of Risk–HEaLth Professionals & Environment Study) was to assess the risk perception of environmental exposure of pregnant women by perinatal HPs. The secondary objectives were to describe the preventive attitudes of perinatal HPs concerning chemicals exposure of pregnant women and to identify the barriers to preventive attitude. A cross-sectional study was performed in 2015 in France. One hundred eighty-nine HPs (obstetricians, midwives, and general practitioners) replied to an online self-administered questionnaire (participation rate: 11%). Carbon monoxide, pesticides and lead were the contaminants most frequently perceived as a high risk for pregnant women. A minority of HPs asked women about their chemical exposure and advised them to reduce exposure. The lack of information, training and scientific evidence in environmental health were the main difficulties declared by the HPs to advise pregnant women. Despite the low response rate, our findings provide important information to encourage French health authorities to take into account the difficulties encountered by HPs and set up appropriate training programs in Environmental health. MDPI 2016-12-18 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5201396/ /pubmed/27999342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13121255 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Marie, Cécile Lémery, Didier Vendittelli, Françoise Sauvant-Rochat, Marie-Pierre Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals |
title | Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals |
title_full | Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals |
title_fullStr | Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals |
title_short | Perception of Environmental Risks and Health Promotion Attitudes of French Perinatal Health Professionals |
title_sort | perception of environmental risks and health promotion attitudes of french perinatal health professionals |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5201396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27999342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13121255 |
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