How can we talk to children attending after-school or summer camps about health? The National Institute for Prevention and Health Education has evaluated the effectiveness of using its...

Youth leaders are primarily trained by community education organizations. However, the content of these training programs rarely addresses the concept of health promotion, leaving the...

Since 2006, as part of the CAPEDP pilot program, professionals have been making regular visits to young mothers in situations of psychosocial vulnerability. The goal is to provide...

A violence prevention program, inspired by a program created in Nice, has been in place for four years at a middle school in Clermont-Ferrand. Delivered by educational staff from the...

Interview with Daniel Marcelli, child and adolescent psychiatrist and head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at the Henri-Laborit University Hospital in Poitiers. Should...

The family is the primary environment for a very young child's development. Young children should not be overstimulated in their cognitive learning; families and professionals should be...

Catherine Jousselme, a child psychiatrist, explains why television use among very young children—those under 3 years of age—poses a scientifically proven risk to cognitive and behavioral...

In Paris, a preschool is piloting a program designed to develop young children’s social and emotional skills by training and raising awareness among teachers. This approach requires a...

To what extent do maternal and child health centers (PMI) serve as venues for promoting the health of young children? Cyril Farnarier, who is completing a doctoral dissertation on PMI,...

Professionals working in family-based childcare settings—such as child care providers—and in group childcare settings play a key role in children’s healthy development. Programs are in...