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Disturbed Eating Behaviors in Young People: Between Social Factors and Psychological Distress.
Eating disorders refer to a pathological relationship with food characterized by overeating and/or undereating, or by distorted perceptions of food. The issues examined include episodes...
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Exposure to artificial ultraviolet radiation in France.
Exposure to artificial ultraviolet (UV) radiation has increased in recent years in Europe. However, in France, there is little information available on the population’s exposure. This...
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Attitudes and Practices of General Practitioners Regarding Hepatitis B Vaccination, France, 2009.
Introduction. In France, hepatitis B vaccination coverage among the populations targeted by vaccination guidelines (high-risk individuals, infants, children, and adolescents) remains...
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Knowledge, perceptions, and practices regarding hepatitis B among the general population in mainland France in 2010.
Introduction. This article describes the general public’s knowledge, perceptions, and practices regarding screening and vaccination for hepatitis B virus (HBV), in comparison to those...
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Paka, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: patterns and contexts of use among young Polynesians.
Adolescents in the Pacific territories have been the subject of recent socio-anthropological research conducted by American teams (Herdt, Leavitt, 1998), but studies focusing on young...
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Changes in health behaviors in France over the past 20 years: the case of alcohol and tobacco.
Approximately 40% of premature deaths in developed countries are believed to be attributable to individual behaviors, chief among them smoking, diet, and lack of physical activity. For...
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Gender and Migration: The Sexual Debut of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in France.
This article analyzes the shifting dynamics of gender relations in the context of migration through a specific lens: the sexual debut of individuals arriving in France from Sub-Saharan...
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Sexual minorities and the risk of suicide in France.
Since the 1990s, numerous studies have examined suicide risk among sexual minorities, leading to estimates of increased risk. Findings from France confirm the observations reported in...
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Teenage Smoking: Perspectives from Epidemiology and Sociology.
Since the early 1990s, numerous legislative and regulatory measures have been implemented to strengthen efforts to combat smoking, particularly among young people: sharp and repeated...
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Healthcare Utilization and Appropriateness of Treatments for Major Depressive Episodes in France.
Understanding where people with depression turn for help and the treatments they receive is essential to improving the proportion of appropriate treatments. The objective of this article...