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Health Promotion: What Role Does the General Practitioner Play?
In Belgium, general practitioners work in networks and with other healthcare providers to better screen, monitor, and support patients at risk of cardiovascular disease. They are trained...
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Socioeconomic challenges: their impact on health and education.
According to several recent studies, the proportion of students facing financial hardship has increased over the past decade. This growing financial insecurity has consequences for their...
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Support for Students with Disabilities: A Mixed Picture Across Universities.
In 2006, two experts conducted an assessment and made recommendations to improve support services for students with disabilities at universities. In particular, they recommended the...
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2005 Health Barometer: Survey on the Health of the French Population.
Alcohol and tobacco use are on the decline, the number of regular cannabis users is rising, significant social inequalities in health persist, and a high level of distress has been...
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Health Promotion and Cycling: The Dutch Experience.
The Netherlands is the world leader in cycling, which combines sustainability with health benefits. The country did not promote cycling primarily to improve health, but to reduce traffic...
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Transcultural school mediation: supporting children from all backgrounds toward academic success.
Training school professionals and supporting families in their parenting roles helps establish or restore the necessary educational partnership among the various educational stakeholders...
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Medical records: confidentiality should not obscure the truth.
After outlining the contents of a medical record, the article examines the concept of medical confidentiality (Penal Code, Code of Medical Ethics, Data Protection Act) and the...
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Housing for the elderly: building a home.
With the growing elderly population, communities are facing challenges related to dependency—particularly housing—and must therefore find solutions to enable seniors to remain in their...
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Disadvantaged populations: the right to health.
After reviewing the health status of disadvantaged population groups (the underprivileged, migrants) and the reasons for this situation (difficulty accessing care, and even exclusion,...
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Teachers and Cancer Prevention.
A survey was conducted at the request of the EEC by the company "European Omnibus Survey" among 2,750 teachers in the 12 member states to assess their awareness of health issues. This...