Analysis of regional health policy for children: an example from Lorraine

Abstract

Whereas today we have good, solid knowledge of the perception of health and its objectives from the perspective of youth, the recommendations of the High Commission on Public Health are geared towards the implementation of an overall health policy focusing on adolescent health. How is this policy implemented on a regional level? Is there coherence between actions undertaken within the same region? How do the various actors, elected officials, professionals, young people and families work together? A survey was conducted in the Lorraine region involving 217 people with a framework utilising both individual and group interviews. All categories of actors and stakeholders were represented. The results of this work demonstrate an often negative representation settings, and a partition of different approaches. Given that a variety of activities and actions exist, they are most often thematic. There undoubtedly remains a need to create links and build bridges between all of the projects carried out and to define in a more precise manner the common objectives focused on the health of young people.