According to Alfred Spira, director of the Institute for Public Health Research (IReSP), research plays a major role in shedding light on social health inequalities and identifying...

Evaluating an intervention aimed at reducing social inequalities in health is a difficult task, explain Valéry Ridde and Pierre Blaise. Nevertheless, the researchers’ most recent work...

A study conducted in Montreal, Canada, shows that before starting school, some children are vulnerable in terms of health, well-being, and social, emotional, and cognitive skills. And...

The more disadvantaged one’s socioeconomic situation, the poorer one’s health. This “social gradient” is consistently observed across all contexts in scientific studies. The “Gradient”...

Created to coordinate public health initiatives at the regional level, the Regional Health Agencies (ARS) have, as a top priority in their roadmap, the goal of reducing social health...

Health impact assessment is a new strategy for anticipating the effects of any project on public health. In particular, it makes it possible to identify, at an early stage, the...

Smoking accounts for nearly half of the gap in life expectancy between the most and least advantaged populations, due to higher smoking rates among the latter.

Policies aimed at addressing social inequalities in health cannot be limited to promoting access to rights and healthcare. The city of Poitiers has made its school cafeterias more...

Introduction – In France, the COVID-19 vaccination rate among children is low compared to that of adults. Our study aims to describe the use of COVID-19 vaccines among children aged 5–11...

Introduction – Since January 1, 2022, free human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing without a prescription has been available at all private laboratories through the VIHTest program....