What do scientific studies say about peer education? A collective review by Inserm examined scientific studies from around the world. It identifies this strategy as complementary to...

While drug use before the age of 14 is relatively rare, it very often indicates situations of vulnerability that require prompt intervention and, therefore, an effective public response....

Health education can have unexpected, or even adverse, effects, particularly when it addresses multiple health risks on the one hand, and a single risk factor linked to several different...

The 2007 ENTRED study (National Representative Sample of People with Diabetes) is a descriptive epidemiological survey designed to observe, describe, and—by comparing results with those...

In the context of patient-centered therapeutic education (PCTE), defining the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders is becoming an increasingly important issue. A recent study...

This study presents a new method for analyzing psychotherapists' discourse. Based on a formal understanding of linguistic processes, linguistic-pragmatic analysis differs from...

Under the leadership of the WHO, a network of health-promoting hospitals has been established around the world. France is actively joining the movement...[article excerpt]

In the face of society’s denial of the “risks of alcohol,” general practitioners have a key role to play in prevention—a task made all the more difficult by the fact that they must...

Violence among school-aged youth is a complex phenomenon that is difficult to understand, as are its links to health. Population-based health surveys, such as the Health Barometers,...

As people age, they tend to visit their primary care physician more frequently; those over 60 see their doctor six times a year (compared to four times for those under 60). However,...