The mental health of working people is at risk when the pursuit of economic performance is pursued without any consideration for humanistic or social values. To counter these risks, the...

According to the INPES Health Barometer survey, three million French people1 have suffered from depression in the past twelve months. And eight million people have experienced depressive...

In the general population, according to the INPES Health Barometer, the prevalence of major depressive episodes over the past twelve months appears to have remained stable between 2005...

The hypothesis that homophobia is a risk factor for suicidal behavior provides the strongest explanation for the higher prevalence of suicide attempts among gay and bisexual populations....

The INPES conducted a survey on the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of African populations regarding HIV/AIDS. Objective: to improve prevention efforts targeting these...

Since the evaluation of national AIDS awareness campaigns is one of the factors used to guide public policy in this area, a monitoring and evaluation committee was established. The...

Every year in France, one in three people over the age of 65 suffers a fall, which in some cases leads to a significant loss of independence. In collaboration with Belgium, Quebec, and...

The "Community Gardens" program in Guadeloupe aims to inform and support families who maintain vegetable gardens that may be contaminated by the pesticide chlordecone, which was used...

Like Guadeloupe, Martinique is implementing a "community garden" program to prevent residents from consuming food grown in gardens contaminated with the pesticide chlordecone....

A presentation by D. ZMIROU of the Grenoble Faculty of Medicine on the health risks caused by air pollution. The main pollutants are described.