The issue of school health promotion was the focus of a special issue of *La Santé en action* in 2014 (No. 427: http://inpes.santepubliquefrance.fr/SLH/pdf/sante-action-427.pdf). Some of...

Research demonstrates the virtuous cycle created by the combination of a supportive school environment and the resulting student well-being and motivation. A study conducted in nine...

For several years now, the comprehensive high school in Guebwiller (Haut-Rhin) has been offering psychosocial skills development workshops on a widespread basis. Teachers guide students...

At Lagnieu Middle School, eighth-grade students welcome incoming seventh-graders. “Minor” conflicts are resolved through peer mediation, for which certain students and staff members are...

Driven by his mother’s high expectations, Magyd the Algerian became the top student in his class in French. As a teenager, the young immigrant tutored his peers. Although he was forced...

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 - In France, the prevention of infectious disease risk in prisons is governed by two documents issued jointly by the Ministries of Justice and Health: a 1996 circular and a...

The purpose of this article is to examine how addiction treatment is organized in prisons and how it has evolved, as well as how the prison environment tends to concentrate a high...

How should teachers go about incorporating health education into their lessons? By implementing specific educational interventions. This involves nothing less than adopting a new...