The INPES conducted a study to understand women’s experiences and opinions regarding breastfeeding. Seven out of ten women reported having breastfed or tried to breastfeed, citing their...

Over the past few decades, the roles of social and health care professionals—doctors, nurses, and social workers—within the French Ministry of Education have changed significantly. Their...

The Dijon Academy is working with the regional health agency to develop prevention initiatives in schools. This helps secure funding and bring together a wide range of partners.

Doctors, nurses, social workers, and teachers do not work alone to promote student health in schools. Very often, partnerships are formed with outside professionals. Examples of...

In June 2011, INPES published a new survey from the Physicians’ Health Barometer. More than 2,000 general practitioners were surveyed. The vast majority believe that prevention is part...

A survey of people aged 18 to 65 shows that 55% of them are in good health, 31% in fair health, and 14% in poor health. When examining the link to employment, it comes as no surprise...

Nicolas Daumerie, a psychologist and project manager at the WHO Collaborating Center for Mental Health Research and Training, defines the concept of empowerment and presents the joint...

The French Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization (CCOMS)¹ for Mental Health Research and Training in Lille brings together a network of stakeholders (hospitals, research...

Giving patients a real opportunity to take charge of their own lives and live as well as possible with their illness is one of the goals of empowerment in mental health. Over the past...

The psychiatric care system has undergone significant changes over the past fifty years, both in France and throughout the industrialized world. The centralized structure of psychiatric...