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Los Angels de la Nuèch: a nighttime outreach team in Montpellier.
In response to reports of excessive alcohol consumption in Montpellier, a mobile team of three young outreach workers patrols the city center at night to spread a message of prevention....
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It is very important to work on how risk is perceived.
Interview with Claudine Perez-Diaz, a researcher at CNRS/Cesames (Center for Research on Psychotropic Drugs, Mental Health, and Society) at Paris-Descartes University. Why and how do...
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Inside the school, a confrontation between teachers and students.
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, *Entre les murs* (The Class), Laurent Cantet's film released in France in September 2008, sparked intense debate in educational...
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A major challenge: addressing the mental distress experienced by young people.
Mental distress and unwellness are the number one health issue among young people living in precarious circumstances or facing social exclusion. Christis Demetriades, a clinical...
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Provide health education training to social service professionals.
In 2008, Crésif trained eighty professionals from local employment agencies in health education. These training sessions are continuing in 2009. Dr. Meryem Belkacemi points out that...
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Survey on knowledge and behaviors regarding infectious risks.
The constant media coverage of new and emerging risks—such as avian influenza and SARS—has heightened the public’s perception of these risks, sometimes to a degree that is out of...
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Promoting the health of 16- to 25-year-olds: the role of local missions.
Local missions—486 of them in France—are tasked with supporting young people in their transition into the workforce. Taking their health into account and providing support to promote...
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A landmark report that led to the creation of local missions.
In 1981, Bertrand Schwartz, in a report that remains relevant today, painted an alarming picture of the situation facing young people struggling to enter the workforce and made practical...
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A psychologist at a local employment agency: “Listening to them and helping them take charge of their own health.”
Helping the young people she works with take charge of their own health: that is the goal psychologist Carol Susagna has set for herself. While aware of the limits of her work—guiding...
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Young people facing difficulties in entering the workforce: poorer health.
Health screening centers have conducted a comprehensive study on the health of young people facing difficulties in integrating into society. The findings are clear: these young people...
