Mental health promotion is defined as a process aimed at strengthening the capacity of individuals and communities to take control of their lives and improve their mental health. It...

The first prerequisite for taking charge of one’s own health is access to knowledge. Health literacy is a major determinant of population health. It refers to individuals’ motivation and...

At Jean-Verdier Hospital in Bondy, forensic professionals provide daily support to victims of violence. Moving beyond theoretical frameworks, doctors, psychologists, and nurses work...

In contrast to a coercive approach, a Quebec-based network supports perpetrators of violence to help them stop. The intervention methods include: initial intake, individual and group...

Gender is a major determinant of people’s health. Given this often-overlooked fact, any initiative in education, prevention, or health promotion must take gender into account and analyze...

How can workplace stress be prevented? What are the key drivers of prevention efforts, and what are the obstacles? The roundtable discussion on this topic during the INPES 2008...

From June 23 to July 7, a television campaign launched by the French National Health Insurance Fund (Assurance Maladie) and the National Institute for Public Health Education (INPES)...

The monitoring and evaluation system described here is designed to support the professional development of more than a hundred young people recruited in 2001 to carry out grassroots...

Over the past fifty years, the concept of public health has expanded and become more global in scope. The prevention of excessive alcohol use is no exception and is part of a new...

The initial findings of the 2010 Health Barometer from the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes) confirm the recent rise in smoking rates in France. The...