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The Internet as a Source of Information on Sexuality: Between Other People’s Lives and Social Norms.
Yaëlle Amsellem-Mainguy conducted two surveys of young people aged 14 to 25 to see how they use the Internet to learn about contraception and sexuality. Today, the Internet is the...
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The Internet and social media: a new landscape for trainers.
Training programs for sexuality education instructors have been in place within the French Ministry of National Education since 1997. They aim to train professionals so that they, in...
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The Personal Through the Social: Adolescents and New Information and Communication Technologies.
Although sometimes demonized by adults and a source of misunderstanding between young people and their parents, social media—which emerged from the internet and mobile...
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Changing perceptions of sexuality and disability.
The Vaucluse Family Planning Association received an award from the Fondation de France for its program "Handicap et alors ?" (So What If There's a Disability?), which addresses the...
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Help teenagers change their perspective on sexuality.
In the Reims school district, teachers and health professionals receive specialized training to provide sex education in middle and high schools. At a rural middle school, an evaluation...
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God's Offices, or How to Talk to Teens About Contraception and Sexuality.
Part documentary, part fiction, Claire Simon’s *Les Bureaux de Dieu* features real interviews between young people and family planning counselors. The film explores women’s desire to...
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Attitudes and barriers to the use of emergency contraception.
In France, emergency contraception is often misunderstood and used improperly. Misinformation continues to circulate about these pills, which are incorrectly referred to as...
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French-speaking Switzerland: Educators to Discuss Sexuality in Schools.
In French-speaking Switzerland, educators who have undergone two years of training visit schools to teach sex education, whereas in German-speaking Switzerland, teachers generally handle...
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Health and the Environment: How the French Perceive Risks.
According to the first "Environmental Health Barometer" survey, published in July 2008 by INPES, the French consider themselves fairly well-informed about environmental health risks, but...
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In Belgium, professionals inspect homes
In Belgium, indoor air quality testing services, alerted by doctors, visit the homes of families suffering from health problems. They take samples to identify the causes of the health...