La consommation de sucre, particulièrement sous forme de boissons sucrées, est de plus en plus reconnue comme pouvant favoriser le risque de maladies chroniques, l’excès de poids et la carie dentaire. Dans cette optique, la réduction de la consommation de boissons sucrées représente un objectif prioritaire pour un nombre croissant d’instances de santé publique à travers le monde. Pour y parvenir, plusieurs organismes de santé publique reconnus tels que le World Cancer Research Fund recommandent la mise en place d’un ensemble de politiques publiques qui incluent notamment la taxation des boissons sucrées. Au Québec, la Politique gouvernementale de prévention en santé inclut un chantier sur l’exploration de la pertinence et de la faisabilité d’instaurer une taxe sur les boissons sucrées...

Whether for recreation or transportation, safe bike-riding is the result of interactions between individuals’ and environments’ characteristics, including natural elements, as well as man-made and developed elements. This TOPO’s main objective is to present the results of scientific writings concerning the association between the man-made environment, bike-riding and cyclist safety.

Some elements of the man-made environment promote safe bike-riding and thereby contribute to maximizing the physical activity of bike-riding for transportation and recreation, while minimizing the risk of cyclist injuries. These elements and interventions are:

• Reducing the speed and volume of motorized traffic using various traffic-calming measures;
• Physically separating...

• Environmental noise, defined as noise emitted from all sources excluding those in the workplace, is pervasive and constitutes a risk to health and quality of life.

• The review of the scientific literature shows that noise is a public health issue that can have multiple consequences, both physical and psychosocial. Environmental noise can be a source of sleep disturbance, interference with the ability to learn at school, cardiovascular disease, annoyance (discomfort, disturbance), hearing loss and tinnitus.

• Environmental noise is a source of complaints and lawsuits, which are indicative of social acceptance issues. Public reactions attest to diverging interests in society, particularly with regard to the model and overall vision of land...

Given the desire to harmonize medical and nursing practices in the field of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the need to provide better guidance on the intervention known as expedited partner therapy (EPT), the Institut national de santé publique du Québec received a request from the Collège des médecins du Québec and the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux. The purpose of this request was to issue a scientific opinion, including recommendations, on the effectiveness, benefits and drawbacks of the EPT strategy for Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) infections, the best practice to endorse as well as the conditions required to promote its appropriate use.

In Québec, two STI preventive interventions targeted for...