Publications by authors named "Laure Com-Ruelle"
Article Synopsis
- - The article highlights that viral epidemics, such as the one discussed, significantly affect not only those directly infected but also vulnerable groups like children, leading to increased health disparities and social inequalities.
- - Observations are based on literature from early 2020 and discussions with experts, emphasizing the need for a coordinated approach to children's health during health crises.
- - Findings indicate that the health crisis has adversely affected children's development and quality of life, resulting in increased exposure to negative factors like sedentary lifestyles and mental health issues, exacerbated by socio-economic inequalities.
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Sante Publique
February 2021
Introduction: As part of the National Health Strategy, the High Council for Public Health (HCSP) was tasked with leading a reflection on a “comprehensive and concerted child health policy”. Policy-making requires relevant knowledge and statistical benchmarks. It therefore seemed useful to examine the French statistical system and active research topics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the global health status, frequency of somatic and psychological problems, and alcohol use in adulthood among women hospitalized in adolescence for severe anorexia nervosa (AN), with a matched control sample from the general population.
Method: Women (n = 86) who had been hospitalized for AN 9.31 ± 1.
Background: Short-term effects of air pollution are documented more than long-term effects.
Objective: We investigated 12-year impacts of ambient air pollutants on cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality at the departmental level in metropolitan France.
Methods: Daily air pollution data at 2-km resolution, including concentrations of particulate matter of 10 µm or 2.
Background: Current asthma management guidelines are based on the level of asthma control. The impact of asthma control on health care resources and quality of life (QoL) is insufficiently studied. EUCOAST study was designed to describe costs and QoL in adult patients according to level of asthma control in France and Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient safety practices, targeting organisational changes for improving patient safety, are implemented worldwide but their costs are rarely evaluated. This paper provides a review of the methods used in economic evaluation of such practices. International medical and economics databases were searched for peer-reviewed publications on economic evaluations of patient safety between 2000 and 2010 in English and French.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSevere asthma and difficult-to-treat asthma are major issues in public health, given the mortality and morbidity they induce and their detrimental effects on patients' quality of life. The economic consequences should not be overlooked either. Published studies suggest that asthma-related medical resource use increases with the degree of asthma severity.
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