title: [Health status of the populations of the Jura and Neuchatel cantons: evaluation and recommendations for prevention and health promotion].
abstract: A recent study on population health in two Swiss cantons (Jura and Neuchâtel) makes it possible to determine the relative importance of various problems and to set priorities in preventive activities. Attention is focused on traffic accidents (first cause of death among children and young adults up to 25 years) and their link with alcohol consumption, on suicide (first cause of death among adults 26-40 years old), on lung and breast cancer. For general practitioners, essential preventive activities appear as follows: screening of depression and risk of suicide, of alcohol and tobacco addiction; counselling on addictions (brief intervention); recommending mammography to all women above 50.
authors.affiliation: Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, Département de médecine et santé communautaires, Lausanne.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Graz
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Raynault
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cornuz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018672:Community Health Planning; D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology