Perception of Beninese on intimate partner violence: evidence from 2011-2012 Benin demographic health survey.

Background: Violence against women remains an important issue of inequality in African societies, with several consequences to health, social and economic status. This study aims to identify the factors related to the perception of intimate partner violence in Benin.

Methods: Data on intimate partner violence was collected by conducting live interviews, and from the Benin Demographic and Health Survey 2012.

[Factors associated with the poor coverage of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnant women in the Pobè-Adja-Ouèrè-Kétou health zone in Benin].

World Health Organization estimates indicate 216 million malaria episodes in 2010, including 81% in the African region. One of the recommended means of prevention in pregnant women is intermittent preventive treatment, until 2012, two doses of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine or three doesfor a woman living with HIV In the Pobè-Adja-Ouèrè-Kétou health zone of Benin, coverage ofintermittent preventive treatment remains low (49% against a forecast of 80%) several years after implementation of this strategy. We conducted a cross-sectional study in June and July 2012 to identify factors associated with low intermittent preventive treatment coverage in this area.

[Exploratory analysis of work engagement: use of the Utrecht scale in Benin].

Introduction: Work engagement, an emerging concept in the field of positive psychology in the workplace is not well known in developing countries. Defined as a positive and and fulfilling mindset related to work, it recalls a positive attitude incentive of performance and need to be investigated. In the context of the socioeconomic crisis of health workers, and with the chronic issue of poor quality of data, this study was designed to identify the factors associated with work engagement among health workers.

E-Learning and North-South collaboration: the experience of two public health schools in France and Benin.

Introduction: Distance learning (e-learning) can facilitate access to training. Yet few public health E-learning experiments have been reported; institutes in developing countries experience difficulties in establishing on-line curricula, while developed countries struggle with adapting existing curricula to realities on the ground. In 2005, two schools of public health, one in France and one in Benin, began collaborating through contact sessions organised for Nancy University distance-learning students.