Motivational interviewing helps at-risk users feel confident enough to explore the benefits they would gain from reducing their substance use. A warm, empathetic listening approach that...

Introduction to the special issue "Youth and Addiction: Changing Behaviors and Professional Practices," coordinated by Emmanuelle Bauchet, a public health physician and head of the...

Thanh Le Luong outlines the mission of the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (INPES) and discusses future projects.

How is the population distributed across the country? Profound changes have taken place over the past 30 years. Today, 241 major urban areas account for 80% of the population. Outside...

When the HIV virus was discovered in the 1980s, people living with the virus faced severe stigma. The advocacy movement was formed precisely to combat this stigma. Thirty years later,...

The goal of therapeutic education is to improve the quality of life for patients with chronic conditions by taking their expectations and needs into account. Paradoxically, as the...

Numerous programs and campaigns aimed at combating stigma have been developed and evaluated. The findings indicate that communication campaigns have not demonstrated significant effects,...

"No one is more concerned with social norms than teenagers," explains psychologist Dominique Berger. At school, teenagers blend into a "clique" to which they belong. Those who remain on...

Alerted by interventions by professionals that risked stigmatizing young people in school settings (weighing students, organizing weight-loss contests), the Montérégie Public Health...

Ireps Languedoc-Roussillon is developing a program aimed at raising awareness among young people, education, social services, and healthcare professionals, as well as institutions, about...