Contributions des Sciences Humaines et Sociales (SHS) à la compréhension des épidémies au Niger ; Contributions des Sciences Humaines et Sociales (SHS) à la compréhension des épidémies au Niger: Cinq investigations empiriques sur le Covid-19 ou l'éducation du patient

International audience ; Contributions of the Human and Social Sciences (SHS) to understanding epidemics in Niger: five empirical investigations on Covid-19 or patient educationThe SHS make their contributions to understanding the social dimensions of epidemics through the analyzes that they produce around social and cultural factors. Indeed, the resurgence of epidemics and the lack of knowledge on the social dimensions of these have prompted countries, under the aegis of the World Health Organization (WHO), to set up emergency response systems. sanitary facilities that take these aspects into account (Desclaux & Touré, 2018). Thus, because of their methodologies and approaches, SHS make it possible to better question social dimensions such as individual and collective experiences, knowledge, attitudes and practices within society, whatever the field. The research presented in this book attempts to shed scientific light on the phenomena it studies (knowledge and perception of the disease, individual and collective experience, vaccine hesitation, compliance with preventive measures, scientific and technical expertise, reflexivity of patients) each according to various methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative or mixed study), tools (semi-directive interview, questionnaire), techniques (observation, documentary analysis, collection of primary and secondary data) and analysis procedures (thematic, lexicometric, by conceptual categories, descriptive and multivariate statistics). They can be valuable discussion materials for the scientific community and objects of study for SHS students interested in health issues. ; Les SHS apportent leurs contributions à la compréhension des dimensions sociales des épidémies par le biais des analyses qu’elles produisent autour des facteurs sociaux et culturels. En effet, la recrudescence des épidémies et le déficit de connaissance sur les dimensions sociales de ces dernières ont poussé les pays, sous l’égide de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS), à mettre en ...