Health

The microbiota of toddlers under the microscope! [FR]

In this interview, "Regards sur l’enfance", Gaël Toubon, a doctoral student at Inserm, wrote his thesis on children’s intestinal microbiota as part of the Elfe study. He presents his results and answers our questions...

Paternity leave and fathers’ mental health [FR]

Using data from the Elfe study, Katharine Barry and Maria Melchior have investigated the effect of paternity leave on fathers’ post-partum depression.

Maria Melchior, epidemiologist and director of research at Inserm, answers our questions in this short video interview.

Allergy risk: the importance of not diversifying infant diets too late

INRAE researchers have used data from the Elfe cohort to explore the link between infant feeding practices and the risk of developing allergic diseases...

Neurodéveloppement des enfants : l'alimentation des mères pendant la grossesse

À partir des données de l'étude Elfe, l'association entre le respect des recommandations nutritionnelles pendant la grossesse et le neurodéveloppement des enfants a été étudiée. Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, chercheure épidémiologiste à l'Inrae, répond à nos questions dans cette courte interview

Elfe participe à la construction des nouvelles courbes de croissance du périmètre crânien

Infant feeding practices and sleep

Les problèmes de sommeil signalés par les parents touchent 20 à 30 % des nourrissons. Peu d’études se sont intéressées aux liens entre les pratiques d’alimentation des nourrissons et le sommeil, notamment en France. Sabine Plancoulaine, chercheure à l’Inserm, associée à l’étude Elfe, nous présente ses résultats sur le sommeil et l’alimentation des nourrissons. 

European LifeCycle Project: a network of cohorts totalling 250,000 children to improve public health

Respiratory symptoms at 2 months and 1 year

Little is know about the prevalence of respiratory disease in early childhood, which is why the Elfe families were asked about their children’s wheezing and other respiratory symptoms at 2 months and again at 1 year.

Analysis showed that 77.2% of the infants remained symptom free (controls), 2.1% had wheezing at 2 months but not at 1 year (intermittent) [...]

BCG vaccination before 3 months

In line with recommendations, vaccine coverage is higher in Île-de-France (59.5%) than among at-risk children living outside this region (46.7%). Where both parents come from a country with a high rate of TB, coverage is 80.5% for children under 3 months in Île-de-France and 60.4% elsewhere. 

Sleep habits and sleep characteristics at age one year in the ELFE birth cohort study

Early prenatal interview and antenatal education

The early prenatal interview (EPI) serves to identify the mental and physical health needs of couples and gauge their social environment during the perinatal period. The childbirth and parenting programme (BPP) provides health education. Among the Elfe mothers, 33% had had an EPI and 52% had attended a BPP. 

Tobacco and alcohol use during pregnancy in France: The role of migrant status

Analyses show that tobacco and alcohol use during pregnancy is higher among women born in France than among those born abroad (tobacco: 21.9 vs. 8.8%; alcohol: 40.4 vs. 22.9%). However, women born abroad who live alone have a particularly high probability of alcohol use. 

Psychological distress and access to mental healthcare during pregnancy

In the Elfe study, 12.6% of mothers stated that they had experienced psychological distress during their pregnancy. This distress was more frequent among women who had already had several pregnancies, used tobacco or alcohol, whose pregnancy was unplanned and unwanted, or who had had medical complications during pregnancy.