title: [Social representations of public health among healthcare workers within the French Armed Forces].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Public health is a multidisciplinary activity whose fields of action are acquiring an increasingly broad. The Service de santé des armées (SSA) has always had a culture of public health problems thanks to doctors specialized in the treatment of major diseases. Often involved in public health activities, health professionals nevertheless have a fragmented vision. The objective was to describe the social representations of public health of military healthcare workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The responders were doctors, nurses, veterinarians and pharmacists practicing in different areas of SSA (caregivers, administrators, policy makers) and were interviewed by telephone. A question of spontaneous evocation on the representations of public health in the army was asked. The overall lexical analysis was performed according to the method of rank-frequency. Categorical analysis was conducted to better understand the whole lexical field use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 90 responders. The most salient terms were "prevention, epidemiological surveillance and vaccination". The categorical analysis showed that doctors used a lexical field primarily focused on diseases and risk behaviors, nurses on the specifics of military surveillance and policy makers about the cross-discipline.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Public health in the army is mainly represented by epidemiological surveillance and prevention. Given the non-mentioned fields, a strengthening of communication on the current challenges of public health would probably improve adherence of healthcare professionals since public health takes on more and more importance in the development of the national health policy and management of health crises.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France. Electronic address: marc-antoine.sanchez@intradef.gouv.fr.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Velut
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nivoix
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayet
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dany
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Meynard
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deparis
authors.affiliation: Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des Armées de Marseille, camp de Sainte-Marthe, 408, rue Jean-Queillau, 13014 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011634:Public Health; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Army; Armée; Healthcare worker; Professionnel de santé; Public health; Representation; Représentation; Santé publique