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Aquitaine: "Health Workshops" Put to the Test.
In the Aquitaine region, health workshops designed to benefit people in need were organized based on a set of specific guidelines that included an ethical component. These workshops were...
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Evaluate to support innovation.
For Louise Potvin, evaluation is the key element—"the science of action"—that will drive the evolution of health promotion practices. It is the recognition of innovation that fuels the...
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Assessment: Answers to Uncomfortable Questions.
Is it appropriate to evaluate all health education initiatives? Should we always hire an external professional evaluator? Doesn’t evaluation risk diluting or standardizing an initiative?...
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Glossary of Key Terms in Assessment.
Evaluation is still a relatively new practice that is still taking shape. The diversity of approaches, reference models, and stakeholders, combined with the variety of methods used,...
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Issues and Practices in Assessment.
How should evaluation be defined? What is its purpose? What are the key issues involved? Françoise Jabot, head of evaluation training at the National School of Public Health (ENSP),...
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Health of the Travelling Community: Organizations Take Action.
"Traveling people," who number 400,000 in France, remain excluded from preventive care and healthcare services. Their life expectancy is 15 years lower than the national average. Fnasat...
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To prevent noise-related issues, we need to work together to understand the risks
Trying to dissuade young people from listening to amplified music by highlighting the health risks it poses is not effective, emphasizes socio-anthropologist Marc Touché. This expert on...
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Back pain in children and adolescents.
Drawing on the literature regarding epidemiological studies (both longitudinal and cross-sectional) conducted in Finland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Switzerland, and France...
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The Role and Limitations of Communication Campaigns.
The author reviews the evolving role of communication within the French Committee for Health Education across all prevention strategies (legislative and regulatory action, public health...
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On the need for a comprehensive and cross-cutting approach.
The author reviews the history of initiatives aimed at preventing social problems at the local level and their development following the creation of the Ministry of Urban Affairs,...