A team of researchers studied the distribution of fruits and vegetables to people in precarious situations through food assistance programs. Most of these individuals would not consume...

The French have maintained a fairly traditional approach to their diet: 94% eat or drink something for breakfast; for lunch, 69% eat at home, and their meal includes meat (66%) and...

This issue of the journal was prepared in anticipation of the international conference on Society and Alcohol, organized in December 1995 in Paris by the WHO Regional Office for Europe....

Lead poisoning in young children is a serious public health threat, so the Ministry of Health has developed an action plan to combat lead poisoning aimed at improving epidemiological...

Drawing on studies from other countries (Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States), this article presents an approach to the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the...

Since the evaluation of national AIDS awareness campaigns is one of the factors used to guide public policy in this area, a monitoring and evaluation committee was established. The...

As president of the Mutuelle des hospitaliers (MNH), which has 45,000 members, the author provides a brief overview of the organization’s mission, then discusses the role of hospital...

This initiative, carried out in five 8th-grade classes (average student age: 15), had the following two objectives: to promote and reinforce tobacco abstinence among those who do not...

The authors provide a brief overview of the findings of previous studies regarding the health behaviors of rural populations, their motivations, perceptions of health (related to the...