Martinique has recently launched a university diploma (DU) program in health promotion and patient therapeutic education, spearheaded by the Martinique Regional Health Education...

The use of psychoactive substances in Martinique presents a mixed picture: while tobacco use is low—resulting in lower mortality rates from cancer and coronary heart disease compared to...

How can we listen to a teenager, pick up on what they don’t immediately put into words, and encourage them to take care of themselves? To support professionals who conduct one-on-one...

For a long time, public information and prevention campaigns in the French overseas departments—designed in mainland France—remained ill-suited to the populations of those territories....

Designing cities with pedestrians in mind improves the quality of life and encourages physical activity. In Switzerland, Geneva and other municipalities have implemented a "master plan...

How do we evaluate a health prevention or education initiative? The INPES, which conducts dozens of evaluations of its campaigns, documents, and other materials each year, has decided to...

People facing severe financial constraints have no choice but to rely on a diet that is high in calories but low in essential nutrients. More specifically, for people whose food budget...

The health of Guadeloupe’s population has improved significantly over the past twenty years. One in three Guadeloupeans is under the age of 20. Indicators of social vulnerability remain...

The health status of the population of Martinique presents significant paradoxes. While life expectancy for women (84.6 years) is higher than the French average and the suicide rate is...