In a stressful environment like a hospital, children can feel overwhelmed. Stress, pain, and invasive procedures make their daily lives difficult. Hospital clowns help children relax...

The Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital in Canada has established a health promotion center.

How is health impact assessment taking its first steps in France? An illustration through three concrete examples.

Since 2005, the International Network of Health-Promoting Hospitals has expanded beyond Europe and now comprises forty-one networks across various continents.

The concept of the health-promoting hospital has come a long way since its inception. The experience of the Quebec network is a testament to this.

In France, the HPS network is coordinated by INPES, which has established a national coordinating committee to revitalize the exchange of best practices and the development of tools.

Since 2004, the Dreux Hospital has been one of the few hospitals in France to have a health promotion center. Professionals there work in a cross-functional and multidisciplinary manner...

Due to a lack of organization and financial support, the option of using a trained interpreter remains largely unknown in France and is not widely accessible to professionals in the...

At the Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), some staff members are receiving training in cultural diversity based on a concrete issue: the way healthcare providers approach patient...

Language barriers are detrimental to patients who do not speak the healthcare provider’s language. Based on this observation, the National Observatory on Mental Health, Vulnerabilities,...