Santé Publique France

HCV incidence and prevalence trends among people who use drugs in France 2004 to 2023

Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a key public health challenge, particularly among people who use and inject drugs (PWUD, PWID). While direct-acting antivirals (DAA) have revolutionized HCV treatment, meeting the WHO’s 2030 elimination target requires accurate estimation...

Violence and vulnerability among women attending a hospital forensic medical unit in France: a cross-sectional study using hierarchical cluster analysis

Violence against women remains a global public health priority. Forensic Medical Units (FMUs) offer a critical setting to examine vulnerability profiles among victims, yet few studies have characterised the interplay between violence types, perpetrator relationships, and associat...

Measuring children’s HRQoL via self-reports and parent proxy-reports in the French Enabee 2022 study: an evaluation of the psychometric properties of both versions of the French KINDL-R questionnaire

Child well-being policies require quality data that takes children’s perspectives into account, recorded through appropriate, accurate and reliable measurement instruments. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of two versions of the KINDL-R questionnaire used in the 2...

Adolescents’ exposure to unhealthy foods and beverages in and around schools in urban Comoros: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study

Abstract Background In Comoros, undernutrition among adolescents persists while overweight and obesity are increasing, particularly in urban settings. Although schools are recognized as key platforms for promoting healthy eating behaviors, school food environment (SFE) remain poo...

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...