[Social inequalities, chronic diseases and therapeutic patient education]. / Inégalités sociales, maladies chroniques et ETP.

A study was carried out of patients with type 2 diabetes following a hospital therapeutic education programme. The results show that the transfer of self-management and adaptation competencies must take into consideration patients' social differentiation. They bring into question the assumption of the individual's autonomy. In this context, the professional position of the caregivers is essential in order to provide patients with the best support possible.

[Interdisciplinarity in action: "trap-words" in interdisciplinary research]. / L'interdisciplinarité en action: les "mots-pièges" d'une recherche interdisciplinaire.

CONTEXT: Interdisciplinary work is essential to understand and address Social Inequalities in Health (SIH), but involves a number of practical difficulties. The AAPRISS programme, comprises project leaders and researchers from various disciplines in order to co-construct the reorientation of prevention projects, in order to more effectively reduce SIH. Certain challenges emerged during this project concerning the interdisciplinary work, especially misunderstanding of certain terms with different meanings according to various disciplines, within the same discipline, or even between British and US English. The objective is to identify these "trap-words" in order to create a glossary clearly explaining the various meanings, rather than rigidly defining a unique correct definition. METHODS: The words leading to misunderstandings were identified and several definitions were provided by participating researchers and literature searches. RESULTS: Five sets of words were defined: "politique, programme, projet et intervention"; "impact"; "ressortissant, public cible, population cible, bénéficiaire, et communauté"; "inégalités sociales de santé, disparités et iniquités"; and "protocole". DISCUSSION: Issues raised by the construction of this glossary, designed to support co-construction between researchers from different disciplines, allow reflection on the richness and difficulties of interdisciplinary research.