In Grenoble, a program providing screening and access to dental care has been implemented in schools. Since 2006, this initiative has been expanded in schools located in disadvantaged...

Many cases of hepatitis A and B could be prevented if vaccination recommendations were followed. Furthermore, targeted screening for risk factors would allow for earlier management of...

One of the objectives of the early warning and surveillance systems established by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance is to detect infectious threats in order to...

Because it focuses on the social determinants of health (income, education, housing, employment, social support, etc.), health promotion potentially involves many professional sectors,...

Introduction to the special issue "Social Workers": What Role Do They Play in Promoting Public Health? Coordinated by Maryse Karrer, Project Manager for Health Education, Department of...

Most of the social determinants of health take shape outside the healthcare system, in people’s living and working conditions. Health promotion was designed to foster greater health...

Preventing everyday accidents involving children is a major public health issue. In this article, we aim to provide an overview of the scientific evidence regarding effective...

The 2014 Health Barometer provides insight into the oral hygiene practices of adults in metropolitan France. The Ministry of Health, the French National Authority for Health (HAS), and...

The occupations and sectors most prone to psychological distress at work are intermediate professions, finance, and public administration. This finding comes from the Samotrace survey...

The capture-recapture method allows, by cross-referencing multiple sources of information from the same population, for estimating the number of cases not identified by any of the...