[How to practice health education in a general medicine or a pharmacy setting? Results from an experiment among pregnant women, adolescents and elderly people]. / Comment pratiquer l'education pour la santé en médecine generate ou en pharmacie? Résultats d'une expérimentation auprès de femmes enceintes, d'adolescents et de personnes agées.

This experiment evaluated the development and implementation of 5 pilot health education activities using a comprehensive and population-based approach in general medicine practice and in pharmacies. These interventions involved 185 patients, and they were developed and carried out by 35 general practitioners and pharmacists in 5 sites in France between 2001 and 2004. Health professionals often demonstrated and argued for a comprehensive approach to health: positive vision of health, integration of different aspects of health, and personalized, tailored efforts. Pregnant women, adolescents, and elderly people have certain specificities that must be taken into account in a population-based approach. The activities were based on simple techniques using interview guidelines and informational documents to aid and support both expressiveness and the professional-patient relationship.