Éric Le Grand invites readers to explore seventy years of archives from *La Santé de l'homme*. As a historical journal, it has chronicled the transformations of French society: the gradual disappearance of rural life, changes in production methods, the rise of individualism, and shifts in family relationships and educational models. Consequently, health education has been part of this dynamic, shifting from a “hygienist” model of education to a model of health education that promotes the development of individual capacities and actions to influence the environment.