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Health education in French-speaking countries: a passport to fresh air.
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Cabiria: Community health initiative with sex workers.
The principles of the Cabiria association’s action program in Lyon for sex workers, supported by AIDES-formation, are briefly described as follows: a community-based approach, an ethical...
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New Approaches to Communicating with Migrants.
The article reviews the factors to consider when providing information on AIDS to migrant populations: cultural diversity, different lifestyles, language differences, and limited...
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Mirabilis, a daycare center that cares for children at night.
In Lyon, parents with irregular work schedules are benefiting from the first daycare center in the Rhône-Alpes region that provides overnight care. Named Mirabilis—after a colorful...
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Older Adults: Taking Physiological Aging into Account.
Prescribing sleeping pills to people over 65 who complain of poor sleep is an easy solution and can have the opposite effect of what is intended: regular use of sleeping pills can worsen...
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Does physical activity improve quality of life?
Does physical activity have a positive impact on physical, mental, and social quality of life? While the conclusions of scientific studies are very cautious, the evidence suggests that...
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At-risk teens: two innovative networks in the Île-de-France region.
What kinds of care and psychiatric treatment are available for adolescents facing the greatest challenges? In the Île-de-France region, two prevention and follow-up networks—bringing...
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School nurse: a profession that combines patient care, listening, and education.
Being available whenever needed while also serving as a long-term health educator for students: this is the dual mission—often a challenge to balance—of the 6,100 school nurses. Mabrouk...
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Violence is also a public health issue
Interview with Dr. Etienne G. Krug, Director of the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention at the World Health Organization (WHO). Violence claims as many victims worldwide as...
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Institutions: Defusing Violence.
How do staff members in institutions become victims of violence? How do these institutions themselves generate violence? Omar Brixi, a physician and public health professor who chairs...