[Pregnancies among underage girls in Guadeloupe: a new inventory].

Objectives: In Guadeloupe (French West Indies), fecondity rate of teenagers is higher than in mainland France. The aim of our study was to analyze sociodemographic characteristics and perinatal indicators among underage girls and to compare them to those of a previous study also conducted in our maternity unit in 1993 and 1994.

Materials And Methods: The sociodemographic, medical, obstetrical and neonatal data of 163 underage pregnant girls delivered from 2009 to 2010 at the University hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes were collected retrospectively and compared with the previous study.

[Assessment of imminence of unplanned out-of-hospital deliveries in Guadeloupe: experience of the mobile emergency and resuscitation service of Pointe-à-Pitre].

Objectives: Medical tools to determine the imminence of unplanned out-of-hospital birth have not been validated. The main goal of this study was to analyze assessments of the imminence of these deliveries, by methods such as the Manilas score and the need to push.

Patients And Methods: All calls made to the Emergency Medical Aid Service in Guadeloupe concerning risks of unplanned delivery between January 1st and June 30th 2011 were reviewed retrospectively, and 69 of the 85 cases cared for by the hospital mobile emergency unit were included.

Health communication and consumer behavior on meat in Belgium: from BSE until dioxin.

This article focuses on the impact of mass media meat-health information on consumer perception, attitude, and behavior toward fresh meat in Belgium. In a situation similar to that which occurred in most other European countries, Belgian fresh meat consumption fell considerably during 1995-1999. A multitude of messages linking meat consumption to human health risks were reported by mass media.