Le gouvernement des grossesses en France (1920-1970)

Cahen, Fabrice

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“…Using the symbolic occasion of childbirth to incite fathers to care for their own health would probably not be sufficient without this active outreach, as long as the social norm on both parent's duties remains unchanged (34). However, although the gendered distribution of responsabilities makes women the guardians of children's health, prenatal care has not always been a standard: in France, pregnant women's visits were initially a condition for the granting of family benefits (35) Immigrants were the most receptive to the offer, specially those with social vulnerabilities Immigrant men took up the offer better than French-born men, particularly those from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This differential acceptance persisted after adjustment to men's social vulnerabilities.…”

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“…Regarding men: Their median age was 35 [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]; 35% had superior education, 14% were unemployed. Fifty-nine percent of those with whom contact had been established were immigrants (N= 1490): 25% came from Subsaharan Africa, 19% from North Africa or the Middle East.…”

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Most users of a prenatal consultation dedicated to future fathers are immigrants facing hardship

Penot,

Jacob,

Guerizec

et al. 2023

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BackgroundPrenatal care provides pregnant women with repeated opportunities for prevention, screening and diagnosis that have no current extension to future fathers. Prenatal care explains why HIV-infected women are diagnosed earlier than heterosexual men wordwide and contributes to women’s general better access to health. The goal of PARTAGE study was to access the level and determinants of adherence to a prenatal prevention consultation dedicated to men.MethodsBetween January 2021 and April 2022, we conducted an interventional study assessing the acceptance of a prenatal prevention consultation newly offered to every woman over 18 attending prenatal care in Montreuil’s maternity ward, and extending it to the future father, when there was one.Results3,038 women provided contact information that was used to reach the father ; effective contact was established with 2,516 men, of whom 1,333 (53%) came for prenatal prevention consultation. Immigrant men were more likely to come than French-born men (56% versus 49%, p < 0.001), and the greater the precariousness of their situation, the more likely they were to accept the offer. In a multivariate analysis, men born in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia were twice as likely to attend the consultation as those born in Europe or North America.ConclusionAcceptance of this new offer was high. Moreover, this consultation was perceived by economically vulnerable immigrant men as an opportunity to integrate a healthcare system they would otherwise remain deprived of.

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Most users of a prenatal consultation dedicated to future fathers are immigrants facing hardship

Penot,

Jacob,

Guerizec

et al. 2023

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“…As Jenson (1986) notes, maternity leave in France was skilfully framed so that women could stay home for a short time to take care of their newborn in an effort to reduce infant mortality rate, but also ensured their return to the workforce since maximising women's potential as sites of (re)production was perceived as crucial to building a strong nation. Mechanisms were also put in place for a close surveillance of pregnancies spanning premarital screening, prenatal and postnatal examinations and pregnancy visits (Cahen, 2014). Financial rewards for women declaring their pregnancy before the third month were implemented for sanitary purposes and to limit abortion risks (Cahen, 2014).…”

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“…Mechanisms were also put in place for a close surveillance of pregnancies spanning premarital screening, prenatal and postnatal examinations and pregnancy visits (Cahen, 2014). Financial rewards for women declaring their pregnancy before the third month were implemented for sanitary purposes and to limit abortion risks (Cahen, 2014).…”

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Constituting ‘Problems’ through Policies: A WPR Approach of Policies Governing Teenage Pregnancy in France

Komai¹

2021

Social Policy and Society

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This article examines the construction of policy problems through the exploration of the theoretical space opened up by the ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ (WPR) approach developed by Bacchi (2009). It proposes a critical analysis of current policies governing teenage pregnancy in France through the deconstruction of the structures that have participated in shaping the ‘problem’ today. Focusing on discursive practices, the analysis unveils the political essence of the knowledge that constitutes the problem of ‘teen pregnancy’, and points to the constant flux characterising it, which is captured and stabilised in policymaking through problematisation. It is argued that these conclusions call for greater self-reflexivity in research and policymaking and prompt critical and feminist researchers to engage with disrupting current policymaking rationality.

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“…In addition to the quantity of the population, the French predatory welfare state strived to control the quality of birth (Cahen 2014). In the name of protecting the children's future, the state progressively established an intrusive pregnancy control.…”

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A theory of predatory welfare state and citizen welfare: the French case

2019

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In this paper, we argue that the welfare state is an outcome of modern mass (total) warfare. The total war economy requires the participation of all citizens, erasing the difference between the military and citizens. Consequently, the war economy benefits from supporting the civilian population. The total war effect explains why a predatory state undertakes welfare programs. This is one of the contributions of the present paper.While welfare state is closely related to total warfare, social welfare is not. Fraternal social welfare in the United States preceded the New Deal and the rise of welfare state. Similarly, the French welfare system was born as citizen welfare and not state welfare. In fact, welfare programs were initiated in 1871 during the Paris Commune by workers under the name of la sociale, and it was established as a self-managed citizen welfare in 1945 before being displaced by government welfare programs. A second contribution of this paper is to explore the reappropriating effect or the way self-managed citizen welfare was transformed into a welfare state through a three stage process of reforms in 1946, 1967, and 1996. JEL Codes: D6, D74, H1, H53, N4, O1Our general theory builds upon path dependency models of welfare spending (Olson 1982;Holcombe 2005) and the vast literature on the symbiotic relationship between total war and the welfare state within a predatory approach to the state (Vahabi 2016a, b). Welfare spending increases the state capacity to engage in a total war. Since internal political stability is a prerequisite for victory in the war, all types of governments including military ones seek to insure mass compliance for achieving the official war goals. Along with nationalistic or patriotic propaganda, and repression pursuing the warfare targets, welfare spending may secure mass loyalty and increase self-sacrifice (see Holcombe 2019 and Leeson 2012, 2013 on the role of ideology). This is what Vahabi (2016b: 161) has called the state's domestication technique. A recent study of New Deal spending and patriotism during World War II lends credence to this idea by showing that "US counties receiving more relief payments during the 1930s bought more war bonds, sent more volunteers to the armed forces, and were home to more soldiers displaying conspicuous gallantry on the battlefield…These results are in line with an interpretation that emphasizes individuals reciprocating towards the nation state if their national government came to their aid in bad times" (Caprettini et al. 2018: 23).While welfare state is closely related to total warfare, social welfare is not. Fraternal social welfare in the United States preceded the New Deal and the rise of welfare state. As extensively documented by Beito (2000), three fraternal types dominated by the late nineteenth century: secret societies, sick and funeral benefit societies. The aid dispensed through organized charities and governments at this time was not only minimal but marked with a stigma. Mutual funds and fraternal societies were based on...

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Le gouvernement des grossesses en France (1920-1970)

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Most users of a prenatal consultation dedicated to future fathers are immigrants facing hardship

Most users of a prenatal consultation dedicated to future fathers are immigrants facing hardship

Constituting ‘Problems’ through Policies: A WPR Approach of Policies Governing Teenage Pregnancy in France

A theory of predatory welfare state and citizen welfare: the French case

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