The special feature in issue No. 380 of *La Santé de l'homme* (November–December 2005) was devoted to health in schools. The “Further Reading” section of this feature listed references to documents on health education in schools. Readers will find it a valuable resource. Online: http://www.inpes.sante.fr/SLH/psp/380.htm. For this new special issue, the literature review focused on the skills required for health education in schools and on the training of professionals. A few titles of French journals likely to publish articles on these topics round out the bibliographic selection.[article excerpt]