An interview with Matthieu Chalumeau, director of the Association for Information and Resources on Drugs, Addiction, and AIDS (AIRDDS) and the Regional Information Center on Drugs and...

As Mirentxu Bacquerie points out, "For Fil Santé Jeunes, the telephone bridges distances and allows young people to express themselves more freely than they might when speaking to a...

In the Alpes-Maritimes region, thirty-three young peer educators have been trained in the prevention of risky behavior as part of a European program. Particular emphasis was placed on...

Introduction - From March 2005 to December 2007, the Youth Substance Use Counseling Centers (CJC) served 45,000 users of psychoactive substances. This article describes the diverse...

"Decode the World!" is an educational tool consisting of a guide, a CD-ROM, and a DVD. Developed by the Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Committee for Health Education, it aims to develop...

Teaching critical thinking is the responsibility of schools and is outlined in official guidelines. The Center for the Coordination of Education and the Media (Clemi) trains and equips...

At a school in the Clermont-Ferrand area, teachers and instructors are helping children ages 8 to 11 develop a critical eye toward advertising. The goal is to make them aware of the...

Preschool should not be merely a place for academic achievement and assessment; it must and can be a place for health education. This is the belief of Marie Vitard, the director of a...

In Brazil, the rate of early pregnancy among teenagers is high. A team of researchers interviewed these young mothers and followed them for one year starting from the birth of their...

Rarely has a character in film endured so much tragedy. Precious’s story is one of resilience—that of a young girl weighed down by everything. It is the change in her school and social...