An epidemiological study conducted in four departments with the support of the Directorate General of Health has revealed a problem of childhood lead poisoning in Lyon, a problem closely...

The author, a trainer at the Calvados Alcoholism Prevention Center in Caen, describes the methodology of an initiative planned for 1995, the aim of which is to use the time spent in...

At the request of the medical department of a county jail, the Yvelines Departmental Health Education Committee launched a health prevention initiative to promote healthier behaviors...

The Hospital Committee for Health Education and Prevention (CHESP) was established in 1994 at the University Hospital to coordinate and develop activities in line with the hospital’s...

The Center for Diabetes and Nutritional Diseases Education, which opened in Roubaix in the 1980s, focuses its work—which draws on the multidisciplinary expertise of its team—on combining...

Schools in Ajaccio have piloted a peer-led AIDS prevention program. The approach works as follows: four or five students, accompanied by adult mentors (who come from different schools)...

The author traces the activities of the World Health Organization since its creation in 1946 within their international historical and political context, including the definition of...

The author, director of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Health Promotion Center, outlines his view of the relationship between people and their environment, arguing that the organization...

The authors provide an overview of the evaluation of initiatives carried out in the Meuse department as part of the City Health Plan/Local Health Networks program established by the...

As part of a quadrennial international WHO survey on the health behaviors of school-aged children, known as HBSC (Health Behaviors in School-aged Children), the French contribution to...