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)...

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 Resource Centers for Professionals Working with Perpetrators of Sexual Violence (Criavs), which are public service organizations, work to improve the prevention, understanding, and...

Each year, 800,000 people are victims of sexual violence, not including violence against minors. Many professionals in the health, legal, and social sectors are currently involved in...

The prevalence of sexual violence in France is significant: according to the Virage survey (2015), 14.5% of women and 3.9% of men have experienced sexual violence at some point in...

Sexual medicine is an essential component of the therapeutic management of sexual violence. It has become an indispensable part of secondary and tertiary prevention efforts against...

Sexual health should be the cornerstone of any school health policy (with health and citizenship education committees — CESCs—are responsible for these initiatives), provided it...

Professionals must receive training to welcome, listen to, and support child victims of sexual abuse. This requires a significant expansion of professional training—both initial and...

Family planning services work with people with disabilities living in residential facilities to promote independence, self-assertion, and informed consent regarding emotional,...

Since 2013, the organization Stop Sexual Violence has been implementing a perinatal prevention program in France based on screening prospective parents who have been victims of...