In the Hauts-de-France region, the Association for the Prevention of Air Pollution (Appa) and the regional branch of the Mutualité Française have trained 600 healthcare professionals—the...

This report focuses specifically on the empowerment of young people. Young people (who do not constitute a homogeneous group) face particular risks in terms of social exclusion, a lack...

Nina Wallerstein, an American researcher, is a pioneer in the field of empowerment—the process of increasing people’s ability to take action—and its impact on health. In 2006, the World...

In the Charlevoix region of Quebec, various stakeholders—including institutional, municipal, and community actors—have launched a participatory action research project with young people...

The concept of empowerment first emerged in the United States and India, when women organized to combat domestic violence. The term did not gain traction in France until the 2000s,...

The book by the Laboratory for Studies and Research on Social Intervention (Léris), *Emancipation as a Prerequisite for Politics: A Reexamination of Social Action*, is the result of two...

To what extent are young people involved in evaluating the prevention programs offered to them? In Belgium, a team of researchers has scrutinized these types of evaluations to determine...

Empowering young people under the care of the Judicial Youth Protection Service (PJJ) requires taking into account their life experiences and their needs for care and prevention. Since...

The environment plays a major role in our food choices, either encouraging or discouraging them. For example, in the United States, the ban on soda in schools has led to a decline in its...

The World Health Organization has identified restrictions on food marketing as a key strategy for preventing diet-related diseases. Irrefutable evidence shows that the promotion of...