Research areas
Changes in Contraceptive Use in Times of “Pill Scare”: A Comparison Between Belgium, France, and Switzerland
At the end of 2012, a controversy on oral contraceptives’ side-effects on women’s health, called “pill scare”, broke out in the French media and
Other activities
-Contraceptive use among immigrants (TeO2 survey)
-Sexual and reproductive health of racialized women in France: an analysis of access, experiences and resistance from the margins (qualitative survey through TeO2 sample)
-Contraceptive use in the French o
Selection of publications
Le Guen Mireille, Schantz Clémence, Régnier-Loilier Arnaud, de La Rochebrochard Elise, 2021, “Reasons for rejecting hormonal contraception in Western countries: A systematic review”, Social Science & Medicine, 284, p. 114247.
Le Guen Mireille, Rouzaud-Cornabas Mylène, Panjo Henri, Rigal Laurent, Ringa Virginie, Moreau Caroline, for the Health Barometer group 2016, 2020, “The French pill scare and the reshaping of social inequalities in access to medical contraceptives”, SSM -
Le Guen Mireille, Marsicano Élise, Bajos Nathalie, Desgrées du Loû Annabel, for the Parcours study group, 2019, “Union break-up after HIV diagnosis among sub-Saharan African migrants in France: disclosing HIV status is linked with staying in union”, AIDS Care, 31(6), pp. 699–706.
Le Guen Mireille, Roux Alexandra, Rouzaud-Cornabas Mylène, Fonquerne Leslie, Thomé Cécile, Ventola Cécile, the Junior Lab Contraception&Genre, 2017, “Fifty years of legal contraception in France: diffusion, medicalization, feminization”, Population and Societies, 549, pp. 1–4.
Le Guen Mireille, Ventola Cécile, Bohet Aline, Moreau Caroline, Bajos Nathalie, 2015, “Men’s contraceptive practices in France: evidence of male involvement in family planning”, Contraception, 92(1), pp. 46–54.
Le Guen Mireille, Bajos Nathalie, 2014, “Adolescent Pregnancy in France”, in Cherry Andrew L., Dillon Mary E. (eds.), International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy, Springer US, pp. 293–313.
Bajos Nathalie, Bohet Aline, Le Guen Mireille, Moreau Caroline, 2012, “Contraception in France: new context, new practices?”, Population and Societies, 492, pp. 1–4.
