From May 2020 to November 2022, the number of adolescents with severe depressive symptoms doubled, affecting as many as one in four young people. Studies also point to social...

The Grand Est Regional Health Agency (ARS) has been implementing a “Smoke-Free Administration” initiative since 2020, complete with an evaluation system. Several initiatives are offered...

The National Ethics Advisory Committee issues opinions on all ethical issues related to public health, including health promotion.

Santé publique France conducts epidemiological surveillance—that is, monitoring the day-to-day evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic—and reports its findings to the authorities. This...

The philosopher Emmanuel Fournier examines the ethics of the care relationship between healthcare professionals and patients. Medical ethics, healthcare ethics, and perhaps ethics in...

In Quebec, the Public Health Ethics Committee (Cesp) conducts ethical reviews of public health surveillance plans and, more broadly, issues opinions on all areas of public health. In...

Health promotion is an intervention aimed at the population, working with and alongside individuals: how can we do this effectively? This is the ethical question that arises in the field...

When dealing with vulnerable individuals, what ethical principles should a psychiatrist follow?

Promoting mental health means working to create living conditions and an environment that support mental health. Indeed, the determinants of mental health (like those of physical health)...

A small revolution in primary care is gaining momentum: 1,500 multi-professional health centers (MSPs), supported by the government, bring together general practitioners, nurses,...