In Canada, a group of researchers from the Université du Québec à Montréal has established the Media and Health Research Group (GRMS). This group promotes the sharing and dissemination...

To better transfer scientific knowledge to those working on the front lines, Canadian authorities have established six public health information centers designed for professionals,...

The author traces the origins of the regional centers of expertise in health education and highlights the vital role these centers play in the regions as providers of resources:...

Introduction to Cerfep, the Resource and Training Center for Patient Education: description of the collection, overview of the online database, and overview of the services offered by...

Introduction to the Public Health Database (BDSP), a network comprising some forty members who are public health specialists or have related areas of interest and who pool their...

The purpose of the Catalogue and Index of French-Language Medical Websites (CISMeF), a project of the Rouen University Hospital, is to identify and describe freely accessible,...

In Brittany, a multidisciplinary team—comprising an ethnologist, a linguist, a general practitioner, and a psychiatrist—set out to listen to general practitioners in order to gather...

Unwanted pregnancy is the central theme of Jason Reitman’s 2007 American film, *Juno*. Upon discovering to her shock that she is pregnant, a young teenager sees her life and...

Interview with Jean-Pol Tassi. Contrary to popular belief, pleasure is not the primary factor in drug addiction. It is the decoupling of two neurobiological systems that is believed to...

Promoting people’s health also means giving them the broadest possible access to information about their own health, as the Ottawa Charter—a leading reference in this field—strongly...