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Cet article examine, à partir d’entretiens conduits à Nice en 2011 auprès de professionnels de santé, comment les pharmaciens d’officine interrogés perçoivent la gestion du risque de maladies transmises par Aedes albopictus. L’analyse porte notamment sur les discours produits sur la nuisance, l’usage de répulsifs, la question de l’information et de façon plus générale sur le rôle d’acteur de santé publique que peut jouer le pharmacien dans la gestion et la prévention des arboviroses.

Background: The use of geostatistical methods remains rare in health studies. In order to assess the usefulness of the geostatistical approach in epidemiology, we chose to apply these methods to the vaccination coverage rate (VCR) against human papillomavirus (HPV) in France. Indeed, HPV vaccine coverage remains low in France and geographical disparities are sizable. The objective of this study was to identify the socioecological factors that may explain these geographical variations., Methods: Sociological, economic and behavioral data for 2016 have been gathered (demographics and public health database, web and social networks) and were correlated with the HPV VCR vaccine coverage over the French territory. Homogeneous geographical areas defined by strong correlations for groups of variables were selected. In each homogeneous area, principal component analysis was performed and a geostatistical approach provided an estimate predicting vaccine coverage at a given scale., Results: HPV VCR spatial variations in France cannot be fully explained by a single model. In urban areas, a low rate of HPV VCR is preferentially associated with unfavorable socioeconomic factors (poverty, unemployment, immigration). In rural areas, HPV VCR is preferentially associated with sociocultural factors (socio-professional categories, education level, interest in alternative medicines the anti-vaccine movement). Two secondary geographical areas were defined: the Île-de-France region and 12 departments in northeastern France. In the Île-de-France region, the association with the economic factors one again appears as in urban areas in general. The northeasteran departments represent a particular case insofar as HPV VCR is relatively high, notwithstanding economic poverty indicators., Conclusion: Geostatistical modeling successfully identifies new potential explanations for HPV VCR geographical disparities in France. These results could help to adapt or develop future vaccination programs in specific areas by taking into account the sociological, economic and behavioral characteristics of their populations., Competing Interests: Déclaration de conflits d'intérêts JR, GF, JJB ont été membres de comités d'experts sur la vaccination pour MSD ; LM, LLB sont collaborateurs MSD ; CM, MP ont reçu des financements de MSD., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Aims: Our goals were to describe beliefs held by French people concerning the contagiosity of influenza and analyze the relationship of these beliefs with vaccination against seasonal flu., Methods: A subsample (4749 people aged 15-79) of the Health Barometer 2010 responded to questions dealing with influenza. Responses were analyzed using clustering analysis and logistic regression., Results: Overall, observed beliefs were quite good, but also socially differentiated. 'False' beliefs were more frequent among people with a lower socioeconomic status. Those who overestimated the contagiosity of influenza were less likely to have been vaccinated against seasonal influenza in 2008., Conclusions: The beliefs analyzed here were associated with vaccination behaviors. 'False' beliefs may be difficult to change as they are nevertheless coherent. These beliefs also exhibit social inequalities that should be taken into account when determining preventive measures., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)