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Diet and Physical Activity: Knowledge and Behaviors.
The INPES has just published the results of the "Health and Nutrition Barometer," a periodic survey of the French population. While consumption rates for starchy foods, meat, fish, and...
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Vaccines and Religion in the Islamic Republic of Iran: An Anthropological Perspective.
Why, despite the fundamental changes Iran has undergone in recent decades, have vaccination policies been consistently successful? And to what extent has religion contributed to this...
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Health in Action, No. 446: Youth Empowerment
Empowerment is one of the key drivers for promoting public health. Commonly defined as the "increase in individuals' capacity to act," it is a little-known and poorly understood health...
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Changing the way we view aging. [Interview]
Interview with Bernard Cassou (Professor Emeritus of Public Health, University of Versailles; Health, Environment, and Aging Laboratory; Sainte-Périne Gerontology Center, Paris)....
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People with hearing impairments face a real uphill battle. [Interview]
Interview with Dominique Dufournet, president of the Bucodes-SurdiFrance association. Having become hard of hearing following a sudden loss of hearing at age 46, Dominique Dufournet...
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Helping young people develop the skills they need to stay safe online. [Interview]
In Angers, health education professionals, in collaboration with educators, organized a media literacy workshop at a boarding school for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth. The goal was to...
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The Invisibles [Cinésanté].
Sébastien Lifshitz’s 2012 film *Les invisibles*, which has been widely acclaimed and won numerous awards, gives a voice to men and women who speak openly about their homosexuality.
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Older migrants: the tragedy of double exile.
Algerians, Moroccans—there are 90,000 "elderly migrants" from the Maghreb living in shelters in France. The oldest among them have no access to nursing homes and suffer from undignified...
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The Elders of the Fields. A Report.
An overview of the "Aînés Ruraux," a nationwide network of clubs for rural retirees organized by the Mutualité Sociale Agricole, and the services and activities available through this...