This article outlines the foundations and challenges of integrating psychosocial skills into schools. The authors review the development of health promotion in schools, as well as issues...

In France, obesity rates among both women and men have risen sharply since 1981, with the trend accelerating since the 1990s. This trend affects both young and older people. However,...

Introduction - Drawing on a particularly rich dataset, this article describes social inequalities in cancer mortality and their changes over time in France. Methods - The data are drawn...

Surveillance of influenza A(H1N1)v will evolve in response to the epidemiological situation. Currently, it focuses on comprehensive case finding to prevent the spread of the virus within...

Here we report the main results of the first survival study based on the combined data from the cancer registries of the Francim network. Survival data for 205,562 cases registered...

Objective - To conduct a study of premature mortality (occurring before age 65) on a cohort drawn from INSEE’s Permanent Demographic Sample (a sample representative of the French...

The number of cancer deaths is rising in France. This increase is due to a combination of population growth, changes in the age structure of the population, and changes in the risk of...

Introduction - Rotaviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children. In the context of vaccination, careful prospective surveillance is required to monitor and...

In France, the model for treating substance users is currently dominated by the harm reduction paradigm. Narcotics Anonymous groups offer their members an alternative approach based on...

Calculating standardized incidence (or mortality) ratios or performing Poisson regression requires counting the person-years (p-y) generated during the follow-up of a cohort. Several...