Association Prévention Santé Aquitaine

Purpose of the association

A metropolitan-level organisation committed to supporting local policies on prevention, health promotion and social cohesion; its slogan is ‘addressing the determinants of health for a healthier, fairer and more peaceful city’; to develop a public health approach based on the determinants of health – living conditions, social ties, the environment, mental health, etc.; to help reduce, at a local level, the causes of preventable deaths and the loss of healthy life years; to address the root causes of health determinants; to reduce preventable deaths caused by tobacco, alcohol and risky behaviour; to reduce DALYs, prevent conditions from becoming chronic and avoid loss of independence; to reach out to residents through community-based services and mobile units; to train, raise awareness amongst and coordinate frontline workers

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