In Central and Latin America, experts evaluated twenty-eight health promotion training programs from thirteen countries. The results demonstrate the value of training professionals to...

In France, several thousand professionals in the health, social services, and education sectors are tasked with promoting public health as part of their duties. Definition of health...

A survey conducted by INPES and INCa, and published in October 2011, shows that the ban on smoking in public places, implemented in 2007 and 2008, has significantly reduced smoking in...

Since 2004, INPES has been compiling a database of training programs in health promotion, health education, and patient therapeutic education; this database has recently been updated and...

Behaviorist theories, followed by constructivist theories, have had a profound impact on the world of education and training. These paradigms, which embody values and beliefs, serve as...

"In France, there are few training programs in health promotion, and the needs of professionals are not being met," notes Éric Breton, holder of the brand-new Chair in Health Promotion,...

What skills must a health, education, or social services professional possess to provide health education or promote the health of the people they serve? For the first time, a European...

Inspired and supported by the Francophone Summer School on Public Health in Besançon, an innovative project has emerged in Senegal: the Francophone University of Dakar for Health...

This text summarizes the points presented in a keynote address at the 5th Congress of General Practice in Nice on June 25, 2011, as an introduction to the session titled "Implementing...

When asked about their relationship to health, people who have become deaf or hard of hearing later in life express concerns about fatigue and the psychological distress caused daily by...