The Val-de-Marne oral health prevention program regularly assesses the oral health of children in the department. After twenty years of this program, the prevalence of cavities among...

Strasbourg is one of the few cities in France to have a municipal oral health service (dental health center) that systematically screens children in preschool and elementary schools....

The approach to educating children who speak a language other than French is inclusive: they are integrated into regular classrooms while also receiving French language instruction...

Commenting on the data and conclusions of the recent report on the health of the French population, Dr. Danzon, General Delegate of the CFES, outlines his ideas on how to address...

At a time when it is mostly "delinquent" teenagers and their "neglectful" parents who are making headlines, what urgency is there to examine approaches to health education for young...

The goal of a new series of booklets on youth health that INPES is set to launch is to provide frontline workers with a tool to support prevention efforts. The first booklet will be...

The pioneering work of R. Spitz, J. Bowlby, and T.B. Brazelton revealed just how vital the social and emotional environment is for the young child. Newborns are primarily capable of...

According to the INPES Health Barometer survey, 10.5% of boys and 4% of girls aged 12 to 25 who are currently in school have committed an act of violence—such as hitting or physically...

ESPAD, ESCAPAD, HBSC: these acronyms refer to several major French and European surveys focused on young people’s health behaviors. While ESPAD and ESCAPAD focus largely on...

Following its series on water, earth, and air, the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (INPES) has just developed and published a new health education resource kit...