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Pictograms to help patients communicate with their caregivers.
The Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris has created 150 pictograms to help patients with severe communication difficulties interact with healthcare providers. Healthcare providers...
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A visual guide to preventing medication errors.
The Visual Prescription is unique in that it was developed by users in collaboration with professionals at a community center. It enables people who have difficulty reading and/or...
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A city in Quebec is creating public awareness posters featuring people with intellectual disabilities.
In Gatineau, Quebec, people with intellectual disabilities selected the words and images that would help them connect with the messages conveyed by public health posters.
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Urinary incontinence: fatalism is no longer an option.
Article produced by the Ondine Association, which provides information and treatments to prevent and treat urinary incontinence.
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Existential angst: endure it or break free from it.
This issue of *La Santé de l'Homme* provides an overview of contemporary manifestations of the malaise of modern life; it analyzes their consequences and suggests ways to overcome them.
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Aging: Is it a family matter?
Following an overview of demographic trends among this age group (60 and older) in France—particularly by department—and the resulting implications for health and social services, this...
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We should not question the prevention model, but rather build on it.
At the request of the Ministry of Health, Gilles Pialoux and France Lert submitted a report on "Prevention and risk reduction among groups at high risk for HIV and STIs." Based on...
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Stigmatization, homophobia, and scapegoats.
The suicide rate is higher among young people who are discovering that they are gay or bisexual. The realization of this "difference" from prevailing societal norms causes suffering...
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Profile of early pregnancy in Brazil.
In Brazil, the rate of early pregnancy among teenagers is high. A team of researchers interviewed these young mothers and followed them for one year starting from the birth of their...
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Precious: Drama and Resilience.
Rarely has a character in film endured so much tragedy. Precious’s story is one of resilience—that of a young girl weighed down by everything. It is the change in her school and social...