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Usability Evaluation of Health Technologies / Medical Devices – Useval-DM
The MAIN OBJECTIVE of the USEVAL-DM project is to establish scientific evidence and economic evaluation regarding some critical methodological options of usability validation, namely variations of ecological validity, of cultural environment and of the number of participants. On this basis, the proj
Minimal clinically Important DIfference determination for Patient reported outcomes in presence of REsponse Shift – MIDIPRES
Patients Reported Outcomes (PRO) are more and more used in clinical research or in medical practice for measuring quality of life (QoL), pain, anxiety or fatigue for instance. Nevertheless, these measures are often difficult to interpret for physicians and statisticians. The Minimal Clinically Impor
Food and fight against the disparities in healthcare sector – ALIMS
The ALIMS project (Food and Inequality in the Health Care) is supported by the National Program for Food (PNA) and the National Agency for Research (ANR). Today, we find a wide disparity in the management of meals (linked to the presence of a CLAN, a kitchen in-house ...) but also between the car
Punishing and treating : an empirical research on the articulation of health and criminal justice – REPESO
We aim to further understanding, from a socio-historical, legal, and sociological perspective, of how the legal framework, goals, targeted populations, and methods have changed, and how the various forms of intersecting criminal-justice and health-care interventions affect the treatment of offenders
Risks, Controversies & Vaccinations – RISCOVAC
During the last two centuries, vaccination has greatly contributed to the spectacular increase in life expectancy observed in developed countries. However, according to many public health experts, vaccines are losing public confidence. This growing confidence gap can be seen in the rising amount of
Conjugal life, inequalities and economic decisions of couples aged 50 and over – Vieillir-à-deux
Although research on the impact of careers on various dimensions of old age is plentiful, the impact of the changes in marital behavior has been much less studied. Older couples have received some attention in sociology, in particular by Caradec (1994, 1996), and in demography (Murphy et al. 2007, T
Toxicity of drugs during pregnancy : evaluation of statistical models and of perinatal health indicators – EToMeG
Prescribing drugs during pregnancy is common. However, the information available to prescribers on adverse effects on the fetus is often insufficient. Clinical trials rarely involve pregnant women and there are not enough pre-clinical animal studies on reproductive toxicity. Population studies have
Healthy Aging in Cities: The combined role of built environments and socio-spatial networks – HANC
The way people are connected to each other and the way our cities are built have both been shown to influence healthy aging. Yet, we do not understand exactly how built environments, daily mobility, and social interactions either favour or hinder healthy aging. Although a body of work has explored l
Assessing factors associated with hand hygiene observance in care situation by the use of a continuous automated RFID based monitoring associated with bedside care tracking PDA and a qualitative analysis of video recording – MHT
Healthcare associated infection (HCAI) is affecting approximately 5 million people each year in Europe with an estimated cost of 13-24 billion €, and an attributable mortality varying from 50.000-135.000 cases. Among the leading cause of HCAI, transmission of pathogenic agent from one patient to ano