For a young person, getting drunk can be a fundamental part of the process of breaking away from parental authority—a temporary loss of self that allows them to distance themselves...

"Parents are on the front lines when it comes to preventing their children from drinking excessively," notes Philippe Jeammet. Because, even if they say otherwise, young people expect...

General practitioners do not necessarily feel equipped to support young people who consume excessive amounts of alcohol or cannabis. However, according to Philippe Castera, general...

The city of La Roche-sur-Yon has implemented a comprehensive program to prevent excessive drinking among young people: training for educators and teachers, prevention initiatives at...

In response to reports of excessive alcohol consumption in Montpellier, a mobile team of three young outreach workers patrols the city center at night to spread a message of...

In the Aquitaine region, health workshops designed to benefit people in need were organized based on a set of specific guidelines that included an ethical component. These workshops...

Admitting they were wrong in order to start over in a different direction: that is the courageous stance taken by evaluators in Brussels. Tasked with supporting the evaluation of...

How do funders view the evaluation of public health initiatives and programs? What do they expect from such evaluations? How do they themselves evaluate the projects submitted to them?...

In this article, based on a presentation given by Réal Morin at the INPES Prevention Days on March 29 and 30, 2007, the author—Scientific Director at the Institut national de santé...

How do pregnant women experience the new early prenatal consultation with a midwife? Here is a summary of two testimonials collected by Dr. Michel Dugnat’s team. In both cases, the...