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Public Policy to Support Breastfeeding: The Brazilian Experience.
For several decades, Brazil has implemented a strategy to promote breastfeeding as part of its public health policy. This comprehensive program includes media campaigns, training for...
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Obesity has multiple social and cultural causes.
Interview with Jean-Pierre Poulain. In his latest book, *Sociology of Obesity*, this socio-anthropologist specializing in food emphasizes the importance of studying perceptions of...
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Faced with multiple risks, people have to make trade-offs.
Interview with Jean-Paul Moatti, professor of economics and director of the Inserm-IRD research unit “Economic and Social Sciences, Health Systems and Society,” Mediterranean Unit....
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Chronic diseases are a hidden reality.
Interview with Laïla Loste, coordinator of the "Chroniques associés" coalition of organizations and project manager at AIDES. Between 9 and 28 million French people live with a chronic...
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Take socioeconomic factors into account to reduce inequality.
Social inequalities in health are not inevitable; to reduce them, we must address the major socioeconomic "determinants" such as education, housing, employment and working conditions,...
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We work with homeless people to help them reconnect with their history.
How can we improve healthcare and living conditions for homeless people? Three experts—Vincent Girard, a psychiatrist, and doctors Pascale Estecahandy and Pierre Chauvin—submitted a...
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A Sociological Approach to Breastfeeding in France.
While breastfeeding is a personal choice, it also has strong cultural and social dimensions. Breastfeeding rates vary considerably by social class: 80% of female executives breastfeed,...
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The State of Breastfeeding in France.
Why is the rate of breastfeeding in France among the lowest in Europe? Marc Pilliot, a pediatrician and president of the French Breastfeeding Coordination Group, outlines the main...
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The right to breastfeed at work: poorly adapted, rarely exercised.
French law and the Labor Code stipulate that women may devote one hour of their daily work time to breastfeeding and that any company with more than 100 employees must provide a...
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WHO European Network of Healthy Cities: 1,300 members in 29 countries.
Following the signing of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion in 1986, the European Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) established new partnerships, particularly to address...
