Les mercredis des Savoirs "Teachers' health: what are the implications of noise at school?"

Foundation researcher Sofia Temam presented the results of her work on noise exposure at work and its consequences on the health of teachers in France, based on data from the ESTER-CONSTANCES study, at the European Public Health congress held in Dublin from November 8 to 11.

This study shows that teachers are particularly exposed to noise in their work. On average, one teacher in three reports being exposed to noise at work (compared with 1 in 10 in other professional sectors). This figure rises to almost 1 in 2 in primary education. Furthermore, the results suggest that this noise exposure has negative effects on their perceived health and mental health. These initial results underline the importance for teachers' health of taking into account short- and long-term exposure to this environmental factor, which is relatively underestimated in France, in population health prevention policies.