PREVENTION AND HEALTH MEETINGS - 2024

Young people and health: the battle against infomercials

Under the patronage of the Ministry of Health and Prevention

7th of Health Prevention Meetings - April 4, 2024
Young people and health, the fight against infoxes

A two-part program hosted by editorialist Christophe Barbier

HPV only affects girls, HIV can be transmitted by a mosquito bite, chloroquine is an effective treatment for Covid... Young people seem particularly vulnerable to this false information, questioning scientifically established facts.

Faced with this reality, Ramsay Sante Foundation, committed to health prevention for young people, wanted to understand the reasons for this heightened sensitivity, find out where they go to look for information about their health, assess their propensity to check sources, and determine their level of education in critical thinking. The aim was to come up with answers for developing effective prevention.

White paper Young people and health: the fight against infomercials

Part 1

Part 2

Part 1 - Current situation

The first round table addressed misinformation, particularly in the field of health. Speakers explored young people's relationship with science and why fake news has a strong impact on them. It was also an opportunity to examine strategies to help young people deal with misinformation, and to better understand the role of social networks as a primary source of information.

Laurent Cordonier

Director of Research, Descartes Foundation

Thomas Huchon

Journalist, author, director

Virginie Sassoon

Deputy Director of CLEMI

Violette Spillebout

Member for Nord

Part 2 - Innovative initiatives in media education and health information

The second round table brought together speakers to discuss a number of preventive actions, tools and programs, notably within the French education system. It also looked at community initiatives, and of course the actions of influencers on social networks....