Editorial — The Weekly of Practices in Health, N°32-2026
What if we stopped fishing people out downstream to finally go back to the source? This issue makes upstream its guiding thread: acting on structural causes rather than their effects, and on the narratives that, unwittingly, place the blame on individuals instead of questioning their living conditions. Perinatality, mental health, urban heat, alcohol, physical activity or disability: the same lesson everywhere — screening, mapping or cooperating does not reduce anything without guidance, outreach and evaluation. Also everywhere, a conviction that runs through these pages: to decide with — residents, families, children — rather than for them. Tools for posture, frameworks for action and numerical benchmarks to shift, even modestly, one's work upstream. Happy reading.
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HEALTH PROMOTION
Heading upstream: Let's talk about it
A reading grid downstream / intermediate / upstream to situate each action and see if it addresses the structural causes of inequalities or only their effects. A shareable posture tool for the team, not a recipe.https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/se-diriger-vers-l-amont-parlons-en-6096
Transforming the discourse on health equity: a list of essential readings
Ten resources to identify narratives that blame individuals and reframe them towards living conditions. Directly usable to rework posters, reports, and speeches.https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/transformer-le-discours-sur-l-equite-en-sante-une-liste-de-lectures-essentielles-6100
Views on the Neighbourhoods of Tomorrow — Experimenting with citizen participation in priority neighbourhoods
Specific operating methods, derived from 10 neighbourhoods, to transform a group of residents into a genuine co-decision-making body. Transposable mechanisms to community health and the medico-social sector. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/points-de-vue-sur-les-quartiers-de-demain-experimenter-la-participation-citoyenne-dans-les-quartiers-prioritaires-6095
Transition systems for health equity: an examination of the scope of municipal–public health partnerships. Based on 105 studies, a mapping of barriers (money, data, culture, governance) and levers of cooperation between local authorities and public health. A blunt observation: only 9 out of 105 studies measure a real effect on health. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/systemes-de-transition-pour-l-equite-en-sante-un-examen-de-la-portee-des-partenariats-municipal-sante-publique-6108
SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Mapping of LCZ — A tool for cooler cities
A public and free tool to identify, sector by sector, where heat accumulates in the city and prioritise the cooling of vulnerable populations. A diagnostic base accessible without heavy technical skills. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/cartographie-des-lcz-un-outil-pour-des-villes-plus-fraiches-6099
Tomorrow my territory — Action sheets
Air, water, soil, food and nature in the city translated into local action levers, with sourced figures and examples from real communities. An operational bridge between the climate agenda and "health in all policies". https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/demain-mon-territoire-fiches-actions-6103
PUBLIC POLICIES
Prohibiting the sale of caffeine-rich energy drinks to children: response to the consultation
The complete mechanism of a sales ban before 16 years in the UK: scope, distributors, sanctions, timeline. A case study on the arbitration between incomplete evidence and societal concern, transposable to the French debate. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/interdire-la-vente-de-boissons-energisantes-riches-en-cafeine-aux-enfants-reponse-a-la-consultation-6101
Implementing what works in alcohol policy: progress report on the SAFER initiative
How to translate five cost-effective levers from national to municipal (local ordinances, early detection, community mobilisation). An entire chapter equips the protection of public decisions against industrial interference
Children in all policies: lessons from a global collaboration to promote the health and well-being of children and future generations
Eight concrete levers to decide with children rather than for them: coalitions, political windows, strategic framing, elevating the voices of young people. Proven tactics in real-world settings, to be transposed to the French context. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/children-in-all-policies-lessons-from-a-global-collaboration-to-promote-the-health-and-well-being-of-children-and-future-generations-6109
POPULATION HEALTH
Diversity, equity and inclusion: guidelines for an anti-racist and equity-centred mental health for families in neonatal intensive care
A framework of action clinician → institution → policy so that the most vulnerable parents do not fall through the cracks in neonatology. Key reminder: screening is not enough; without guidance or resources, a positive screening remains a dead letter. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/perinatal-mental-health-equity-when-language-precariousness-or-origin-determine-who-is-screened-referred-and-treated-a-framework-for-action-clinician-6097
Organisation of perinatality in the territories: affirming a public health logic
The IGAS report demonstrates, with supporting figures, that the rise in infant mortality since 2011 is primarily due to social and population factors, not to the closure of maternity units. 24 avenues shifting the effort towards identification, outreach and follow-up of the most vulnerable. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/organisation-of-perinatality-in-the-territories-affirming-a-public-health-logic-6102
THEMATIC APPROACHES
Weaving social ties for a renewed, integrated and coherent vision regarding mental health, homelessness and addiction
A report from INSPQ showing that the breakdown of social ties often precedes these three issues, which share common roots. Guidelines for proactive action — housing, income, isolation — rather than coordinating services once problems are established. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/tisser-le-lien-social-pour-une-vision-renouvelee-integree-et-coherente-en-matiere-de-sante-mentale-itinerance-et-dependance-6107
Physical activity recommendations from the Chief Medical Officers of the United Kingdom
A mobilising principle that replaces the guilt-inducing threshold of 150 min/week: a little is better than nothing, more is better than a little. 2026 data on sedentary behaviour as an independent risk and muscle maintenance under GLP-1 treatments. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/physical-activity-recommendations-from-the-chief-medical-officers-of-the-united-kingdom-6110
MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND SERVICES
Guidelines from the Support Fund for the transformation of establishments and services for people with disabilities for the year 2026
Where is the public money for disability going in 2026 and under what rules: €67 million available (€7.1 million for engineering + €60 million for real estate), with eligibility criteria per action. The shift "end of the place logic": isolated diagnostics and simple compliance upgrades are no longer fundable. https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/guidelines-of-the-support-fund-for-the-transformation-of-establishments-and-services-for-people-with-disabilities-for-the-year-2026-6105
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