Les associations d'usagers dans le domaine de la périnatalité: Un engagement fondé sur la connaissance?

Abstract

Through the analysis of three users' organisations, we demonstrate the importance of activities such as the collection, production and dissemination of knowledge in the functioning of these organisations: they are crucial in building users' representations, in creating a space for exchange and negociation with professionals and in setting up « matters of concern » and their publics. Thus, they contribute to install users' organisations as full participants to the childbirth politics. © 2012 Springer-Verlag France.