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The MSA and Health Education: Guiding Principles.
This report outlines the policy pursued over the past twenty years by the Mutualité sociale agricole (France’s second-largest social security system) regarding health education and...
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Youth Health. Peer Education: Definition and Challenges.
Peer education in health is currently experiencing a resurgence of interest in France. Developed in Anglo-Saxon countries during the 1970s and incorporated into strategies to combat AIDS...
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Peer Education: Expectations and Limitations.
Peer education offers undeniable benefits for health education among adolescents and young adults. It has been widely developed and implemented, particularly by people living with...
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It is very important to work on how risk is perceived.
Interview with Claudine Perez-Diaz, a researcher at CNRS/Cesames (Center for Research on Psychotropic Drugs, Mental Health, and Society) at Paris-Descartes University. Why and how do...
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Inside the school, a confrontation between teachers and students.
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, *Entre les murs* (The Class), Laurent Cantet's film released in France in September 2008, sparked intense debate in educational...
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A major challenge: addressing the mental distress experienced by young people.
Mental distress and unwellness are the number one health issue among young people living in precarious circumstances or facing social exclusion. Christis Demetriades, a clinical...
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Provide health education training to social service professionals.
In 2008, Crésif trained eighty professionals from local employment agencies in health education. These training sessions are continuing in 2009. Dr. Meryem Belkacemi points out that...
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Survey on knowledge and behaviors regarding infectious risks.
The constant media coverage of new and emerging risks—such as avian influenza and SARS—has heightened the public’s perception of these risks, sometimes to a degree that is out of...
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Promoting the health of 16- to 25-year-olds: the role of local missions.
Local missions—486 of them in France—are tasked with supporting young people in their transition into the workforce. Taking their health into account and providing support to promote...
