Lead poisoning in young children is a serious public health threat, so the Ministry of Health has developed an action plan to combat lead poisoning aimed at improving epidemiological...

Drawing on studies from other countries (Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States), this article presents an approach to the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the...

Since the evaluation of national AIDS awareness campaigns is one of the factors used to guide public policy in this area, a monitoring and evaluation committee was established. The...

As president of the Mutuelle des hospitaliers (MNH), which has 45,000 members, the author provides a brief overview of the organization’s mission, then discusses the role of hospital...

This initiative, carried out in five 8th-grade classes (average student age: 15), had the following two objectives: to promote and reinforce tobacco abstinence among those who do not...

The authors provide a brief overview of the findings of previous studies regarding the health behaviors of rural populations, their motivations, perceptions of health (related to the...

J. Arènes and P. Guilbert extracted data from the CFES’s 1995–96 Barometer Survey on tobacco and alcohol consumption (particularly wine), sleep patterns, breakfast habits, use of...

The author provides an overview of the World Conference on Tobacco Control, held in August 1997 in Beijing, along with current data on global tobacco consumption broken down by gender, a...

Drawing on her experience working with young people in gynecological clinics (Adolescent Medicine Department at Kremlin-Bicêtre University Hospital), the author offers a critical...