Santé Publique France

More high-risk patients but stable levels of healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic use: findings from national point prevalence survey conducted in 2017 and 2022 in the Paris region hospitals

Monitoring healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antibiotic use (ABU) in hospitalized patients is essential to control infections and reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics. This study aimed to describe trends in the prevalence of HAI and ABU between 2017 and 2022 withi...

France's demographic trends up to 2050: What challenges for health and safety at work? A foresight study

Background The aging of the French population is a highly inertial process, meaning we can already draw the age pyramid of 2050 with a fairly high degree of certainty. According to the French National Institute of Statistics (Insee), the French population is expected to peak at 6...

Effectiveness of health mediation to promote organised cancer screening among underserved and under-screened populations in Marseille, France: findings from a repeated cross-sectional survey

Abstract Background Since 2022, the “13 en Santé” health mediation program has been implemented in Marseille, France, to reduce social health inequalities, in socioeconomically disadvantage neighbourhoods, with a particular emphasis on promoting participation in population-based...