How is health impact assessment taking its first steps in France? An illustration through three concrete examples.

The occupations and sectors most prone to psychological distress at work are intermediate professions, finance, and public administration. This finding comes from the Samotrace survey...

Over the past decade, the Internet has become a major source of public health information. The web does more than just provide information; it is also a tool for prevention and health...

In Canada, a group of researchers from the Université du Québec à Montréal has established the Media and Health Research Group (GRMS). This group promotes the sharing and dissemination...

To better transfer scientific knowledge to those working on the front lines, Canadian authorities have established six public health information centers designed for professionals,...

The author traces the origins of the regional centers of expertise in health education and highlights the vital role these centers play in the regions as providers of resources:...

Introduction to Cerfep, the Resource and Training Center for Patient Education: description of the collection, overview of the online database, and overview of the services offered by...

Introduction to the Public Health Database (BDSP), a network comprising some forty members who are public health specialists or have related areas of interest and who pool their...

The purpose of the Catalogue and Index of French-Language Medical Websites (CISMeF), a project of the Rouen University Hospital, is to identify and describe freely accessible,...

In Brittany, a multidisciplinary team—comprising an ethnologist, a linguist, a general practitioner, and a psychiatrist—set out to listen to general practitioners in order to gather...