This mission report presents an analysis of Quebec’s practices in implementing projects aimed at developing self-esteem and psychosocial skills. In particular, it examines the processes...

Recent epidemics such as SARS and the threat of an influenza pandemic have led authorities in many countries to promote a return to hygiene principles taught before the antibiotic era,...

Objectives: Improvements in hygiene and the introduction of antibiotics have reduced the incidence of infectious diseases in industrialized countries, but humans now face the emergence...

Introduction - Random telephone surveys are frequently used tools in public health research. The quality of data from these surveys is assessed primarily by the quality of the raw sample...

The National Institute for Prevention (INPES) is one of the agencies contributing to public health safety in France. Established in 2002, it succeeded the French Committee for Health...

Response rates for telephone surveys of the general population—and even more so for those targeting private-practice healthcare professionals—have been declining sharply for nearly a...

The telephone has enabled significant advances in social science and public health research. Telephone surveys are less expensive, easier to manage, and faster than face-to-face surveys....

Poster presented at the 5th Congress of General Practice, held in Nice from June 23 to 25, 2011.

Introduction: In mainland France, an estimated 500,000 adults have chronic hepatitis B or C. Although screening is recommended for people with risk factors, half of those infected are...

The guide "Community-Based 'Healthy Aging' Initiatives: Theoretical, Methodological, and Practical Guidelines" was produced under an agreement with the CNAV, which was extended to other...