Influential Figures

To complement initiatives focused on mobilizing local communities and with a view to raising society awareness, we approach influential figures in a variety of public, social and economic spheres. This strategy seeks to encourage the sharing of skills and practices that will have a positive impact on prevention factors and that will lay the groundwork for educational success. For example:

  • The creation, in university hospitals, of centres of excellence in health promotion according to criteria established by the World Health Organization. These centres encourage the adoption of preventive practices among health care professionals, staff and clients (particularly children and their parents). To find out more...
Our goal is to use prevention to help improve the lives of those around us because, as we all know, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

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