In 2005, tests on fish caught in the Rhône River, upstream from Lyon, revealed levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exceeding regulatory health limits. Further investigations,...

Introduction: Early puberty is suspected to be promoted by exposure to endocrine disruptors (EDs), and its incidence has been identified by an international panel of scientists as a key...

How do you get others to accept you when you’re different? How do you make friends as a child or teenager when you don’t look like everyone else? The film *Wonder* starts with an extreme...

The purpose of this report is to further explore the link between health and education and to demonstrate how this interdependence is even closer than is generally believed, and how it...

Why provide health education in prisons? A study led by INPES highlights the rationale, benefits, and challenges of this type of intervention and provides an overview of its current implementation.

Interview with Yves Chauchaix, health promotion coordinator at the Grenoble-Varces Prison, Health Unit, Grenoble University Hospital. The Grenoble-Varces Prison is one of the few...

How can a comprehensive health strategy be implemented in a school? Scientific studies help identify the theoretical frameworks and conditions necessary to achieve this goal. Essential...

A team of researchers from Quebec has identified the components of the "school climate," as well as the areas to focus on to improve it in schools. They have reached the same conclusions...

As president of the International Observatory on School Violence, Éric Debarbieux has served as the ministerial delegate responsible for preventing and combating school violence since...

Some findings on the school climate from a report prepared by the International Observatory on Violence in Schools for UNICEF France and published in March 2011.