Following the signing of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion in 1986, the European Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) established new partnerships, particularly to address...

Why is the rate of breastfeeding in France among the lowest in Europe? Marc Pilliot, a pediatrician and president of the French Breastfeeding Coordination Group, outlines the main...

How can we improve healthcare and living conditions for homeless people? Three experts—Vincent Girard, a psychiatrist, and doctors Pascale Estecahandy and Pierre Chauvin—submitted a...

Social inequalities in health are not inevitable; to reduce them, we must address the major socioeconomic "determinants" such as education, housing, employment and working conditions,...

The agency's strength lies in its integration of public health, prevention, and health safety—from surveillance to intervention. In particular, the ANSP should provide us with a valuable...

Established in 2014, the Interministerial Committee on Health works to ensure that health education and health promotion are integrated into all public policies. It also plays a key role...

Social workers receive training that is too compartmentalized, and health promotion struggles to find a place in their curriculum. To date, networking is the only way to build...

Marcel Jaeger provides an overview of the history and current state of social work in France. While social workers already collaborate extensively with healthcare professionals, he...

In France, several thousand professionals in the health, social services, and education sectors are tasked with promoting public health as part of their duties. Definition of health...

In 2010, the UNIRéS association, INPES, and other partners developed an online course on health education and promotion for school-based professionals. To date, 1,000 students from six...