This article warns prevention professionals about the potential adverse effects of prevention efforts and describes the possible causes of these harmful effects: focusing on the...

Drawing on a review of the literature on consultation models, this article explores the relationship between the communication skills that physicians use in the care relationship and...

This article presents the results of an evaluation of an educational program designed for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. A guidance kit for caregivers—consisting of a...

This article describes the launch of a support program for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients called "Fil mauve" and its pilot implementation in February 2003 at four hospitals in the...

The author reviews and contextualizes the evolution of AIDS prevention policy in France, questions whether or not it is appropriate to target public awareness campaigns, and emphasizes...

As the leading cause of accidental death among older adults, falls must be better prevented through a comprehensive approach in order to combat the loss of independence. Fall prevention...

The author, a specialist in community-based approaches and health inequalities, examines three key questions raised by participatory practices in health: who participates and what is the...

This report examines the territorial approach to health from three perspectives: the first offers a definition of the territory informed by a geographer and an ethnologist; the second...

This article examines the influence of healthy self-esteem on risk-taking by synthesizing the existing body of knowledge on the subject. The author clarifies the concept of self-esteem,...

This report, to which the network of health education committees, the Rural Families Association, and the Agricultural Social Mutual Fund contributed, seeks to answer the question: How...