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Health Promotion Put to the Test in Local Communities
This report examines the territorial approach to health from three perspectives: the first offers a definition of the territory informed by a geographer and an ethnologist; the second...
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Self-esteem and risk-taking: what are we talking about?
This article examines the influence of healthy self-esteem on risk-taking by synthesizing the existing body of knowledge on the subject. The author clarifies the concept of self-esteem,...
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Rural Life and Health [Special Report].
This report, to which the network of health education committees, the Rural Families Association, and the Agricultural Social Mutual Fund contributed, seeks to answer the question: How...
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Risky behavior or... a love of risk?
David Le Breton, a sociologist and anthropologist, has spent years studying the reasons that drive young people to take risks, including through the use of psychoactive substances. He...
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Teenage girls in distress: toward care that better reflects their needs.
As an anthropologist, the author conducted a quantitative survey of about 100 young women aged 14 to 18 regarding their risky behaviors, their self-esteem, and their perception of their...
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When it comes to violence, the most urgent need is for educational initiatives and prevention.
For six months, Anne Tursz coordinated the work of experts on the topic of "Violence and Health" at the request of the Ministry of Health and Solidarity, before drafting a report that...
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A program to build self-esteem in children.
In the 1980s, pediatrician Jacques Fortin, in collaboration with teachers, developed the "Mieux vivre ensemble" program for preschool and elementary school students. This educational...
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If love were told to them...
In the Carpentras region, educators and teachers have been implementing a health education and sexual violence prevention program since 2005, focusing on relationships between boys and...
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How I train professionals to help eliminate female genital mutilation
Of Senegalese origin—with a Senegalese Fulani mother and a Senegalese-Mauritanian Wolof father—Nafissatou Fall was born in Cameroon and lived there until the age of 14, during which time...
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Older Adults and People with Disabilities: Denial of Abuse.
One in ten older adults or people with disabilities is believed to be a victim of abuse. The experts who worked on the Tursz report recommend several immediate measures: informing these...