The Paris prospective birth cohort study: which design and who participates?

The Paris prospective birth cohort study was implemented in 2003 to assess environmental/behavioural factors associated with respiratory and allergic disorder occurrence in early childhood. This paper describes the design and sociodemographic features of eligible/enrolled families. Full-term newborns without any medical problem at birth were recruited in five Paris maternity hospitals.

Mental health and use of care in people receiving a French social benefit.

Background: This paper presents and epidemiological survey of 300 adults randomly sampled among the Parisian population and 207 randomly sampled recipients of a social benefit. The RMI (Revenu Minimal d'Insertion) provides a regular minimal income to any person with resources below a certain level. It is not targeted at people with mental health problems.

Prevalence of asthma or respiratory symptoms among children attending primary schools in Paris.

The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and asthma in 8- to 9-year-old children in Paris, and to analyze their medical management. This cross-sectional study was carried out in 1994 on a randomized sample of 3,756 pupils attending Paris public primary schools. The response rate by parents to an initial standardized self-administered questionnaire was 94.

[Epidemiologic followup of cases of tuberculosis in the medical-social centers of Paris for the year 1994].

This study was carried out in 280 patients in 1994 in five medico-social centres (CMS) in the city of Paris for the follow up of treatment tuberculous disease. The group represented approximately one fifth of the tuberculous patients in Paris. 90.

Demographic and behavioral predictors of knowledge and HIV seropositivity: results of a survey conducted in three anonymous and free counselling and testing centers.

This paper deals with subjects seeking counselling and testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); it analyses which sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics are related to beliefs concerning HIV infection and to HIV seropositivity. A one month survey among individuals who attended HIV testing in three anonymous and free centers (CIDAGs) was carried out in Paris city, on March 1994. 2059 subjects completed a self-administered questionnaire.