Tim Greacen, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology, became a research director after advocating within organizations—notably Aides—for users to have a say in the field of public health. This...

The National Cancer Institute has funded thirteen population health intervention research projects since 2010.

Joint mother-infant hospitalization units have recently been established in France. These services involve the hospitalization of both the mother and her child when the mother is...

Struck by the "invisibility" of certain young people facing extreme hardship who fall through the cracks of the social support system, teacher Yves Sihrener founded an organization...

An interview with Matthieu Chalumeau, director of the Association for Information and Resources on Drugs, Addiction, and AIDS (AIRDDS) and the Regional Information Center on Drugs and...

As Mirentxu Bacquerie points out, "For Fil Santé Jeunes, the telephone bridges distances and allows young people to express themselves more freely than they might when speaking to a...

In the Alpes-Maritimes region, thirty-three young peer educators have been trained in the prevention of risky behavior as part of a European program. Particular emphasis was placed on...

In 2005, the Phare Enfants-Parents association launched a telephone helpline to assist parents dealing with their child’s emotional distress and to support families grieving a suicide....

Every four years, the HBSC survey is conducted among middle school students in forty-one countries, including France. The 2010 survey has just been published and confirms the growing...

This article summarizes some of the findings from the INPES Health Barometer survey conducted in late 2002 and early 2003 among 2,057 private-practice general practitioners and 1,062...