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 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 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...

Research demonstrates the virtuous cycle created by the combination of a supportive school environment and the resulting student well-being and motivation. A study conducted in nine...

For several years now, the comprehensive high school in Guebwiller (Haut-Rhin) has been offering psychosocial skills development workshops on a widespread basis. Teachers guide students...

At Lagnieu Middle School, eighth-grade students welcome incoming seventh-graders. “Minor” conflicts are resolved through peer mediation, for which certain students and staff members are...

Driven by his mother’s high expectations, Magyd the Algerian became the top student in his class in French. As a teenager, the young immigrant tutored his peers. Although he was forced...

In 2005, tests on fish caught in the Rhône River, upstream from Lyon, revealed levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exceeding regulatory health limits. Further investigations,...

Introduction - In France, the prevention of infectious disease risk in prisons is governed by two documents issued jointly by the Ministries of Justice and Health: a 1996 circular and a...