Webinars for families

What we have learned so far
- What has the Elfe study taught us about young children’s respiratory health?
- How do parents share early childcare duties?
- What do we know about infants’ milk intake during their first year of life?
Our researchers present their results...

Focus on the school survey
- What do children learn at primary school? A novel data collection operation where the children’s teachers will give them fun exercises testing their French language and maths skills.
- Feedback about the first such survey, conducted in nursery schools. We meet one of the teachers who took part!

Speakers (in order of appearance): Marie-Aline Charles, epidemiologist and Elfe study director (INSERM), Marie-Noëlle Dufourg, paediatrician and health coordinator for the Elfe study (INED), Olivia Samuel, lecturer and researcher (INED, Versailles St Quentin University, Printemps Laboratory), Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, researcher (INSERM 1153-CRESS, Paris Descartes University), Xavier Thierry, researcher and school survey coordinator (INED), Audrey Barbar, teacher at Jean Mermoz nursery school (Savigny-sur-Orge, 91), Bertrand Geay, deputy director of the Elfe study (CURAPP-CNRS, Picardy University)

Research is making great strides!
What role do grandparents play within the family after the birth of a first child? (sequence starts at 2:40)
What do we know about the exposure of pregnant women to environmental pollutants? (sequence starts at 14:10)
Is the BCG vaccine still given at two months? (sequence starts at 33:30)

Focus on the nursery school survey
What do children learn in their second year at nursery school? A novel data collection method where teachers give pupils fun exercises that test their ability to recognize sounds, letters and quantities (sequence starts at 49:00)
Feedback from the test phase piloted in selected classes in 2015 (sequence starts at 1:04:45)

Speakers (in order of appearance):
Laurent Nowik, lecturer/researcher [Centre for Cities, Territories, Environment and Societies (CITERES), University of Tours]; Corinne Delamaire, head of the Biomonitoring Unit [Department of Health and Environment, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS)]; Jean-Paul Guthmann, physician and epidemiologist (Department of Infectious Diseases, InVS); Bertrand Geay, Deputy Director of the Elfe study [Centre for Research on Administration and Politics (CURAPP), University of Picardy - National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)]; Xavier Thierry, Schools Survey project manager [National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED)]; and Marie-Aline Charles, Director of the Elfe study [French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)]

The first interesting findings!
How do parents reconcile work and family? (sequence starts 4:00 minutes into the recording)
What does the survey we conducted in maternity units tell us about breastfeeding practices in France? (sequence starts at 16:00)
What have we learnt from analysing the dust collected in children’s homes? (sequence starts at 32:00)

Survey at 3½ years in close-up
The start of nursery school is an important stage in young children’s lives, and raises fresh questions for researchers (sequence starts at 47:10)
Profile of an interviewer: who is the person who talks to parents over the phone each year? (sequence starts at 1:06:00)
Home visits: we get to meet the Elfe children for the first time! (sequence starts at 1:16:35)

Order of speakers:
Fabienne Berton, researcher (LISE CNRS, CNAM), Claire Kersuzan, researcher (ALISS unit, INRA), Steffi Rocchi, researcher (Chrono-environment laboratory, University of Franche-Comté), Bertrand Geay, deputy director of the Elfe study (CURAPP-CNRS, University of Picardy), Michaël Léonard, call centre director (GfK-ISL France), Marie-Aline Charles, director of the Elfe study (INSERM).