Risk factors for high-risk human papillomavirus infection in unscreened Malian women.

Objective: To investigate the epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in Malian women, for whom cervical cancer is the most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality.

Methods: Pilot study of 202 women aged 15-65 to determine the prevalence rate of high-risk HPV infection among unscreened Malian women. Information on risk factors was collected through a standardized, structured interview and clinical examination.

Links between maternal breast-feeding duration and Québec infants' health: a population-based study. Are the effects different for poor children?

Objectives: To determine whether the relationship between breastfeeding duration and the health status of 5-month-old Quebec infants differs by poverty status.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development data of a sample of 2223 infants who were 5 months old. Two infant health indicators were considered: presence of chronic diseases and hospitalization for at least one night since birth.

[Inquiry of knowledge, attitudes and practice of accidental acute poisoning in children of Yopougon (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire].

Child poisoning represent a public health problem in Africa and their particularities are linked to the way of life the population. We have made in the course of March 1999 an inquiry on 55 mothers at Yopougon in Abidjan. This inquiry was focused on their knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation acute poisoning children.