Agricultural areas are not spared from environmental pollution. The PestiRiv study, conducted by Santé publique France and the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational...

The Agricultural Sentinel program, led by the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA), trains volunteers from rural communities to identify, listen to, and refer farmers in distress. With 8,900...

In rural areas, where the job market has also shifted toward the service sector, many young people without qualifications face a harsh yet often unseen precariousness: unstable...

The Northern Aveyron Regional Health Professional Community (CPTS) has launched a multidisciplinary prevention program targeting some 650 students at five middle schools to improve their...

Led by the Maison des Familles in Saint-Marcellin-en-Vercors (Isère), the "En route vers la santé" initiative was piloted from 2020 to 2023. A psychologist and a social worker offered...

Deeply rooted in local communities, rural family homes (MFRs) provide work-study training to nearly 100,000 people each year. This nonprofit movement promotes a comprehensive educational...

Alcohol is the first psychoactive substance that adolescents experiment with, before tobacco; experimentation with cannabis occurs later. Effective prevention strategies for young people...

The French don't get enough sleep—that is the main finding of surveys conducted by INPES. According to a survey published by the Institute in March 2008, 45% of young adults (aged 25–45)...

According to the latest data from the Center for Epidemiology on Medical Causes of Death (CépiDc) at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), 8,948 suicide...