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Pictograms to help patients communicate with their caregivers.
The Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris has created 150 pictograms to help patients with severe communication difficulties interact with healthcare providers. Healthcare providers use...
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A visual guide to preventing medication errors.
The Visual Prescription is unique in that it was developed by users in collaboration with professionals at a community center. It enables people who have difficulty reading and/or...
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A city in Quebec is creating public awareness posters featuring people with intellectual disabilities.
In Gatineau, Quebec, people with intellectual disabilities selected the words and images that would help them connect with the messages conveyed by public health posters.
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Head injuries. How should they be treated? What is the prognosis?
The consequences of head injuries are wide-ranging. Intellectual and behavioral disorders account for the bulk of the disability. Reintegrating those affected is often challenging,...
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Two generations come together to prevent accidents involving children.
The authors briefly describe an awareness program aimed at educating children about the risks of everyday accidents, in which they participated. The intergenerational approach used is...
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A Literature Review on Rural Health in France.
The author notes a lack of literature on this approach to the rural population, based on a review of the public health database (BDSP), which primarily reveals studies on the...
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When doctors and pharmacists try their hand at health education.
For one year, general practitioners and pharmacists—who received training and compensation—were able to devote time and resources to incorporating an educational component into the care...
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Stigmatization, homophobia, and scapegoats.
The suicide rate is higher among young people who are discovering that they are gay or bisexual. The realization of this "difference" from prevailing societal norms causes suffering that...
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Train professionals to combat discrimination.
Since 2007, sixty community workers across the regions have been trained in anti-discrimination efforts, at the initiative of the French League for Mental Health. Support groups help...
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We should not question the prevention model, but rather build on it.
At the request of the Ministry of Health, Gilles Pialoux and France Lert submitted a report on "Prevention and risk reduction among groups at high risk for HIV and STIs." Based on...