Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in prisons worldwide. In France, the suicide rate among prisoners is 18.5 suicides per 10,000 inmates—seven times higher than in the general...

Overall, in 2010, 45% of 15- to 30-year-olds—and especially women—used the Internet for health-related issues, compared with one-third of the general population. Fifteen percent reported...

Eating disorders refer to a relationship with food that has become pathological due to overeating and/or undereating, or to distorted perceptions of food. The issues examined include...

The Inserm collective expert report (2003), the National Conference on Alcohol (2007), and the reports and plans of the Interministerial Mission to Combat Drugs and Drug Addiction had...

Adolescents in the Pacific territories have been the subject of recent socio-anthropological research conducted by American teams (Herdt, Leavitt, 1998), but studies on young people in...

Objectives and Method: We conducted a prospective study in 2013 to compare the effectiveness and duration of protection of whole-cell versus acellular pertussis vaccines following the...

For the past decade or so, INPES and OFDT have been measuring the prevalence and use of psychoactive substances through surveys of the general population. Conducted among the general...

Introduction: As part of France’s 2023 pension reform, a fund for the prevention of occupational wear and tear (FIPU) was established to limit exposure to three criteria: manual handling...

The national population-wide cohort study, Epicov (Epidemiology and Living Conditions under COVID-19), was conducted by the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and...