Housing is a major determinant of public health. There are scientifically proven links between people’s health, the quality of their housing, and where they live. Housing can affect...

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aquitaine region developed a specific support plan for Travellers. A study then analyzed the strengths, enabling factors, and...

The COVID-19 pandemic in France has not affected all regions and individuals in the same way, revealing social and regional health inequalities that often predated the crisis. Numerous...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that inequalities were not adequately addressed in France, largely because they could not be measured and analyzed in detail. To do so, it would be...

The INPES Health Barometer survey measured levels of psychoactive substance use (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis) among women during pregnancy.

Thoroughly examining the characteristics of population health interventions—including their effects and implementation contexts—using a proven scientific approach, and building on...

Except in cases of the most severe conditions, mental health has long been considered a private matter, contributing to family taboos and the stigmatization of people with mental health...

Once stigmatized, mental health is now viewed as being just as important as physical health. Progress has been made in recent years, driven in particular by the provisions of the 2018...

Long confined to psychiatric disorders, the concept of mental health has expanded to now include everyone’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. This comprehensive and...

As an essential aspect of health, mental health is often viewed through the lens of mental disorders. Positive mental health, for which there is still no universally accepted definition,...