Santé publique France is France’s national public health agency. A public institution under the authority of the Minister of Health, formed through the merger of several public institutions and established by Ordinance 2016-246 of April 15, 2016, the agency works to promote public health. As a scientific, expert, and public health safety agency, its missions include:

1. Epidemiological observation and surveillance of the population’s health status; 
2. Monitoring health risks threatening the population;
3. Promoting health and reducing health risks;
4. Developing prevention and health education;
5. Preparation for and response to health threats, alerts, and crises;
6. Issuing public health alerts.

The agency is organized into 12 departments—some scientific, some cross-functional, and some providing operational support.

The agency’s strategic priorities and work program, established by its Board
of Directors, are organized into three areas: Strengthening the capacity for anticipation and rapid response to health threats; Measuring and assessing the extent of diseases and risk factors to guide their prevention and control; Strengthening the health impact of all public policies and the prevention and promotion of health.

Department of Occupational Health and Safety

Internship Responsibilities and Activities

Within the “Surveillance of Environment- and Work-Related Diseases” unit, the intern’s primary responsibility is to calculate standardized incidence rates by anatomical location of cancer for each industry sector or occupation at the time of diagnosis, using data from the Sicapro project.

The activities for this internship include:

• participating in the ongoing literature review (cancer incidence, occupational cancers, etc.);
• finalizing data preparation (verification, imputation, etc.);
• estimating standardized cancer incidence rates by industry sector and/or occupation;
• discussing and interpreting the results obtained.