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How to describe the health concerns of Champlan inhabitants Volume 8, issue 3, Mai-Juin 2009

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Risques & Intelligence 33 bis, rue Henri Barbusse 75005 Paris, Cire Ile-de-France 58-62, rue de Mouzaïa 75019 Paris

Two sociological studies were conducted for the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de veille sanitaire, InVS) about the health concerns of Champlan’s inhabitants. The second, presented here, sought to understand the relation inhabitants found between local infrastructure and effects on their health, to identify the protective mechanisms they implemented and to analyse the discourse about health in more detail. The aim was to relate the expression of complaints to their life in the village. Three distinct groups were identified, the largest of which succeeds in putting their complaints into perspective, balanced by the benefits to their quality of life. All resources – personal, family, professional or health-related – were protective, while one or more disruptions or problems in these areas negatively affected health.