[fre] À partir de quelques questions, l'enquête auprès des personnes fréquentant les services d'hébergement ou les distributions de repas chauds offre un regard sur les niveaux d'alcoolisation des différentes catégories de personnes sans domicile qui ont recours à ces services. Cet...

National level smoke-free legislation is implemented to protect the public from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS). The first aim of this study was to investigate how successful the smoke-free hospitality industry legislation in Ireland (March 2004), France (January 2008), the...

(1) To build a typology of persistent smokers’ reactions to increasing cigarette prices (persistent smokers were defined as smokers who did not quit because of such increases) and (2) to investigate which factors were correlated with their reactions (we considered three categories: no...

[fre] Les usagers des services d'hébergement ou de distribution de repas chauds constituent une population très particulière, qui cumule précarité et problèmes de santé. Les contacts avec la famille, les proches et les connaissances sont caractérisés par un cumul et non une...

This paper argues that the sociology of deviance can be used to improve our understanding of some difficulties and unintended effects of health-promotion interventions designed to change risk behaviours, especially drug-taking. Firstly, many people engaged in 'risk behaviours' tend to deny the...

Encouraging seropositive people to voluntarily disclose their serostatus has been promoted as a key component of HIV prevention. Among other reasons, HIV disclosure to one's main partner is believed to be an incentive for serodiscordant couples to practice safe sex. The present article...

This paper compares access to primary and specialty care in three metropolitan regions of France: Ile de France (IDF), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (NPC) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA); and identifies the factors that contribute to disparities in access to care within and among these regions.