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Reaching Out to the Elderly: Staying at Home While Receiving Support from Nursing Home Professionals [Interview].
The French Red Cross and other partners are piloting a home-based support program called Vivre@lamaison in seven French regions, designed to help older adults remain in their own homes....
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Martinique: Reaching Out to Victims of Prostitution to Help Them Break Free [Interview].
Martinique is the first overseas department to have implemented the measures provided for by law that enable people forced into prostitution to leave that line of work, through...
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Inland French Guiana: A mobile public health team reaches out to residents of remote communities [Interview].
In the interior of French Guiana, a mobile public health team composed of doctors, nurses, community workers, and other health and social service professionals travels to isolated...
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In Cayenne, mobile health teams are reaching out to residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods [Interview].
In French Guiana, mobile teams from Médecins du Monde - Permanence d'accès aux soins de santé (MDM/Pass) provide social support to highly vulnerable individuals, particularly in...
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The French Red Cross in French Guiana: Mobile Teams Reaching Out to Vulnerable Populations [Interview].
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the French Red Cross’s health prevention centers in French Guiana have established mobile health teams to reach out to communities...
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Reunion Island: A sexual health outreach bus reaches out to remote communities [Interview].
In Réunion, a sexual health prevention bus travels across the southern part of the island to reach outlying communities. Four compassionate, trained facilitators provide tailored...
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The Tsingoni Community Health Program in Mayotte: Working Together to Develop Solutions That Residents Can Take Ownership Of [Interview].
In Mayotte, an organization supported by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) is conducting door-to-door visits in two villages with the help of community workers, community liaisons, and...
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“Reaching Out” to Promote Public Health: Introduction to the Feature
Health, social, and educational services alone are not enough to promote public health: some citizens are unable to access healthcare, treatment, and preventive care. If we want these...
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We must reach out to vulnerable populations to ensure they have access to healthcare and all their rights [Interview].
Marine Jeantet believes we need to reach out to people who lack access to healthcare and preventive services. She says the Ségur de la santé initiative provides increased support for...
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Reaching out helps address social disengagement and reduce the underutilization of benefits [Interview].
For Cyprien Avenel, the "outreach" approach is part of the current overhaul of social and health policies: it involves mobilizing all available resources to tackle inequalities at their...