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Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are environmental exposure factors that are rarely reported in clinical practice, particularly during pregnancy. This study aimed to describe women’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards EDC exposure. A study was conducted in the French Department of Vienne...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091021 |
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author | Rouillon, Steeve Deshayes-Morgand, Chloé Enjalbert, Line Rabouan, Sylvie Hardouin, Jean-Benoit DisProSE, Group Migeot, Virginie Albouy-Llaty, Marion |
author_facet | Rouillon, Steeve Deshayes-Morgand, Chloé Enjalbert, Line Rabouan, Sylvie Hardouin, Jean-Benoit DisProSE, Group Migeot, Virginie Albouy-Llaty, Marion |
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description | Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are environmental exposure factors that are rarely reported in clinical practice, particularly during pregnancy. This study aimed to describe women’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards EDC exposure. A study was conducted in the French Department of Vienne between 2014 and 2016 and comprised semi-structured interviews with pregnant women, a focus group of professionals in perinatology and environmental health, and the administration of a psychosocial questionnaire comprising scores in 300 pregnant or in postpartum period women. The mean score of knowledge was 42.9 ± 9.8 out of 100 (from 13.5 to 75.7). Exposure attitude was determined by risk perception. Mean level of cues to action to reduce their EDC exposure was estimated at 56.9 ± 22.5 out of 100 (from 0 to 100). Anxiety was significantly increased after the questionnaire. Anxiety about EDC was associated with a high score of knowledge (OR = 2.30, 95% CI (1.12–4.71)) and with no pregnancy anxiety (OR = 0.57, 95% CI (0.34–0.95)). Our findings suggest that healthcare providers should consider pregnant women’s knowledge and perceptions, possibilities of action, and be careful not to increase their anxiety when advising them about EDC and environmental exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-56155582017-09-30 Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women Rouillon, Steeve Deshayes-Morgand, Chloé Enjalbert, Line Rabouan, Sylvie Hardouin, Jean-Benoit DisProSE, Group Migeot, Virginie Albouy-Llaty, Marion Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are environmental exposure factors that are rarely reported in clinical practice, particularly during pregnancy. This study aimed to describe women’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards EDC exposure. A study was conducted in the French Department of Vienne between 2014 and 2016 and comprised semi-structured interviews with pregnant women, a focus group of professionals in perinatology and environmental health, and the administration of a psychosocial questionnaire comprising scores in 300 pregnant or in postpartum period women. The mean score of knowledge was 42.9 ± 9.8 out of 100 (from 13.5 to 75.7). Exposure attitude was determined by risk perception. Mean level of cues to action to reduce their EDC exposure was estimated at 56.9 ± 22.5 out of 100 (from 0 to 100). Anxiety was significantly increased after the questionnaire. Anxiety about EDC was associated with a high score of knowledge (OR = 2.30, 95% CI (1.12–4.71)) and with no pregnancy anxiety (OR = 0.57, 95% CI (0.34–0.95)). Our findings suggest that healthcare providers should consider pregnant women’s knowledge and perceptions, possibilities of action, and be careful not to increase their anxiety when advising them about EDC and environmental exposure. MDPI 2017-09-06 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5615558/ /pubmed/28878198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091021 Text en © 2017 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 Rouillon, Steeve Deshayes-Morgand, Chloé Enjalbert, Line Rabouan, Sylvie Hardouin, Jean-Benoit DisProSE, Group Migeot, Virginie Albouy-Llaty, Marion Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women |
title | Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women |
title_full | Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women |
title_fullStr | Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women |
title_short | Endocrine Disruptors and Pregnancy: Knowledge, Attitudes and Prevention Behaviors of French Women |
title_sort | endocrine disruptors and pregnancy: knowledge, attitudes and prevention behaviors of french women |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091021 |
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