The vocational high school in Thiers is committed to adopting a different approach to make school enjoyable and to innovating in ways that help build self-esteem. The school has...

The issue of school health promotion was the focus of a special issue of *La Santé en action* in 2014 (No. 427: http://inpes.santepubliquefrance.fr/SLH/pdf/sante-action-427.pdf). Some of...

The special feature in issue No. 380 of *La Santé de l'homme* (November–December 2005) was devoted to health in schools. The “Further Reading” section of this feature listed references...

The information sources listed in this section are part of a comprehensive approach to health promotion and health education in schools. First, the references provided offer a brief...

The highest number of accidents occurs during physical education classes at school, a fact that is likely linked to circadian rhythms (biological rhythms). An observational study was...

The author, a magistrate with the Directorate of Prison Administration, provides a statistical overview of the prison population in France: trends in the number of inmates, age,...

The author, who heads the Lyon Regional Correctional Services Office, draws on a study of inmate morbidity conducted in 1988 and 1989 by the Lyon Association of Criminology and Social...

The author, a member of the Ministry of Social Affairs’ task force on healthcare in prisons, outlines the main provisions of Law 94-43, which establishes the framework for a new...

The authors describe the context and factors to be considered in a health education program within a prison setting. Factors concerning inmates: physical and mental health issues,...

The author, from the Population Health Office at the D.G.S., outlines the approach—as part of the reform of healthcare organization in prisons—to prevention and health education designed...