In a new issue of its journal *La Santé en action*, Santé publique France has published a special feature on citizen participation in healthcare.

From the 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration to the Global Resolution on Community Participation, milestones have been set at the international level to encourage community involvement in health...

For several years now, the French National Authority for Health (HAS) has been at the forefront of efforts to promote patient engagement, one of the pillars of health democracy. While...

It is the skills gained through lived experience—whether of social exclusion or illness—that generate experiential knowledge. This knowledge now serves as a valuable resource for...

Inequalities in access to knowledge are now widely addressed, particularly by health promotion stakeholders. However, inequalities in access to the production of knowledge receive far...

In Belgium, "experts by experience of poverty" are employed as professionals and integrated into federal public institutions. Their past experiences with severe social exclusion are...

Founded fifteen years ago, the University of Patients – Sorbonne supports patient engagement in the healthcare system and beyond by offering degree programs. To validate the...

While people with chronic illnesses have a good understanding of their condition and its impact on their daily lives, they need support to effectively convey this experiential...

People with disabilities often have very limited opportunities to express themselves. The French Cerebral Palsy Federation has developed the Academy of User Experts, a training program...