Objective - To quantify various forms of poly-drug use among the French population, as well as the main factors associated with it. Methods - Using data from a general population survey...

Fall prevention is an effective, yet relatively complex, strategy for reducing disability among older adults. This article presents the results of an international French-speaking...

Introduction: The significant increase in international travel exposes a growing portion of the French population to health risks—whether infectious or otherwise—that are sometimes very...

Objectives - To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of the French population regarding the risks associated with ultraviolet (UV) exposure, in order to tailor prevention...

Organized breast cancer screening has been available nationwide since 2004. The 5th edition of the Health Barometer, conducted from October 2004 to February 2005, surveyed 30,514...

Introduction: Opposition to vaccination has always existed, but it involves only a minority of people. In recent years, however, there has been a growing sense of reluctance stemming...

Access to care and the treatment of people suffering from depressive disorders represent a major public health issue. However, there is virtually no national data from France on this...

To mark World AIDS Day, the Ile-de-France Regional Health Observatory is releasing, as it has done every year since 1999, an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region. In 2006, we...

In 2002, France had approximately 12 million regular smokers, representing a prevalence of 29% among the population aged 18 to 75. With the fight against smoking having become a...

A leading figure in feminism, an activist with Planning Familial, and a physician in the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the Montpellier University Hospital (CHU),...