Doctors, nurses, social workers, and teachers do not work alone to promote student health in schools. Very often, partnerships are formed with outside professionals. Examples of...

In June 2011, INPES published a new survey from the Physicians’ Health Barometer. More than 2,000 general practitioners were surveyed. The vast majority believe that prevention is part...

A survey of people aged 18 to 65 shows that 55% of them are in good health, 31% in fair health, and 14% in poor health. When examining the link to employment, it comes as no surprise...

The French Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization (CCOMS)¹ for Mental Health Research and Training in Lille brings together a network of stakeholders (hospitals, research...

The psychiatric care system has undergone significant changes over the past fifty years, both in France and throughout the industrialized world. The centralized structure of psychiatric...

Interview with Patrick Boulein, facilitator of the mutual support group Les neveux de Rameau, in Paris’s 9th arrondissement. In a Paris neighborhood, a mutual support group (Gem) brings...

Interview with Marie-France Casellas-Ménière, coordinator of the Artame Gallery mutual support group, Paris, 20th arrondissement. In a Paris neighborhood, a mutual support group (Gem)...

INPES has developed a guide in collaboration with health promotion organizations to assist in implementing a quality assurance process. To date, seventy-five trainers have been trained...

Since 2007, the Aides association has been working to improve the quality of its programs. It also helped develop the INPES guide, which it has used to implement quality improvement...

Winner of the Jury Grand Prix at the last Cannes Film Festival, the Dardenne brothers’ *The Kid with a Bike* depicts the suffering of a 12-year-old boy who has been placed in a foster...