Post-doctoral or associate researcher position┋PATTERN 3 project

Institution

The EHESP-School of Public Health is a scientific public institution. EHESP is a member of the network of public service schools (RESP), France Universities and the conference of Grandes écoles (CGE).

EHESP is also a component institution of the University of Rennes (Public Experimental Institution, “EPE”).

As a platform for teaching and research in public health, EHESP is structured in departments (human and social sciences / management institute / quantitative methods in public health / environmental health) integrated into an interdisciplinary project including certified research centres. EHESP offers training courses for senior managers for civil service, national master’s degrees, specialized master’s degrees, doctoral program and a very rich offer of lifelong learning.

EHESP welcomes 1,300 students or doctoral students and 7,000 trainees in professional development from 50 different nationalities and invites more than 1,000 lecturers per year.

Website: www.ehesp.fr 

Department

This position is in the Human and Social Sciences department and is attached to the Arènes Research Unit (UMR CNRS 6051: INSERM U1309 team).

Research Field

Public Health (prevention and health promotion), interventional and evaluative research, substance use.

Activities

As part of the Call for research projects - Addictive Behaviour and Drugs (CAD): Prevention, Mechanisms, Identification and Support, jointly managed by the National Cancer Institute (INCa) and the Institute for Public Health Research (IReSP), the team led by Eric Breton from EHESP (RSMS team at the Arènes research unit) in conjunction with Clotilde Couderc, Head of Research and Scientific Documentation at Association Addictions France, has been awarded 4-year funding to conduct the PATTERN 3 (Prevention of Addiction and Intergenerational Transmission – part 3) interventional research project.

This research will establish the effectiveness of the ‘Une affaire de famille !’ (A Family Affair!) programme aimed at preventing the intergenerational transmission of addictive behaviours. Rolled out by Addictions France in several French regions, this programme is aimed at adults living in families with functional problems. The study will also document the programme's implementation system, guide its scaling up and prepare a component dedicated to evaluating the programme in prisons.

The research assistant/postdoctoral researcher recruited will join the project team, which includes researchers from the Arènes, IPLESP and NuMeCan research units.

Working closely with Prof. Eric Breton, PI of the PATTERN 3 project, and supported by interns, the research associate/ postdoctoral researcher will serve as project manager. His/her main tasks will be to coordinate and implement the project in close collaboration with Addictions France's field partners. More specifically, he or she will contribute to the following tasks.

Task 1: Leading the PATTERN consortium and relations with its partners

• Leading the PATTERN research consortium (i.e. organising meetings and supporting the various working and project support groups)
  • Ensuring smooth communication and a climate of trust between members of the research team and between the latter and professionals at the various sites recruiting participants for the study
  • Co-supervising the work of interns.

Task 2: Coordinate the recruitment of study participants

• - Set up the recruitment process for participants in the experimental and the control groups (develop MoUs with the organisations where participants for the control group will be recruited, develop communication tools, visit recruitment sites in the various regions).
  • - Ensure that there is a sufficient stream of participants for the study
  • - Ensure that the system complies with regulatory requirements on research ethics.

Task 3: Deploy and monitor data collection and produce results

• Pre-test and put online the various data collection tools
  • Prevent recruited participants from dropping out of the study (maintain contact with them and provide assistance with the questionnaires)
  • As part of the process evaluation, conduct semi-structured interviews with the facilitators of the ‘Une affaire de famille!’ programme
  • As part of the PATTERN 3 component for incarcerated programme participants, conduct semi-structured interviews with the facilitators of ‘Une affaire de famille!’ and prison officials.

Task 4: Contribute to the scientific publications arising from the project

• Keep a project logbook containing all information relating to methodological choices, difficulties encountered and the results of the study
  • Participate in the drafting of the final report
  • Participate in the drafting of various scientific articles
  • Deliver short lectures on evaluation issues in various EHESP master’s programmes
  • Participate in national and European conferences
  • Support the drafting of the response to the call for projects for the PATTERN component for the evaluation of the “A Family Affair!” in jails.

Location: EHESP (Rennes, France)

Full-time, vacant position

Information about the position: 

For enquiries about the position and the PATTERN 3 project, please contact the Primary Investigator: eric.breton@ehesp.fr 

Potential applicants are encouraged to consult the report on the first phase of the PATTERN programme: https://hal.science/hal-04213607