The “Addiction Treatment and Prevention” plan, presented in late 2006 by the Ministry of Health, brought the issue of pathological gambling to the forefront. The severe lack of...

In schools, the school nurse serves as the primary point of contact for health education. But how, in practice, can they promote students’ overall health when they are often occupied...

The effectiveness of partnerships between school stakeholders and health education stakeholders can be measured by their adherence to two principles: the integration of health education...

What are the competencies of local government staff in the area of health education? What are their ties to the school community? Take the city of Aubervilliers in Seine-Saint-Denis, for...

This marks a quiet revolution in the concept of education: the 2005 law enshrines health education as part of the educational system’s core mission. School is no longer just a place of...

The 2005 Law on the Future of Education includes a "common core" of knowledge and skills that students must master to succeed in school. This includes academic knowledge, of course, but...

Teachers receive little or no training in health education. This lack of training prevents them from feeling prepared to address this topic. A pilot training program organized by the...

The purpose of this article is to examine how addiction treatment is organized in prisons and how it has evolved, as well as how the prison environment tends to concentrate a high...

Often referred to as “school doctors,” physicians employed by the French Ministry of Education have a wide range of responsibilities: from conducting physical exams for 6-year-olds to...

Introduction - In France, the prevention of infectious disease risk in prisons is governed by two documents issued jointly by the Ministries of Justice and Health: a 1996 circular and a...