[The school doctorand suspected child abuse : towards good practice recommendations in the child's interest].

Child maltreatment, including all forms of mal¬treatment, remains a major public health problem in high-income countries. Healthcare professionals only contribute to a small proportion of reports. In French-speaking Belgium, almost 100 % of school-aged children are regularly submitted to periodical school health visits.

[Vulnerable children detected by the school health service: the forgotten?].

The current health needs of children largely exceeds the biomedical model. The school doctor occupies a special position where he can take into account the social determinants of health and identify vulneirable children. After the detection by the school health service, the harmonious development of, the child requires that health professionals cooperate in a "preventive network".

[The "choking game" and asphyxial games: epidemiological and clinical data].

Asphyxial games have been played by children and adolescents for generations. What seems to be more recent is an increase in mortality linked to the increasing use of ligatures and "playing" the game alone, as reported by the media. This article summarizes the current epidemiological and clinical data on the subject.

Adolescent mothers' perspectives regarding their own psychosocial and health needs: a qualitative exploratory study in Belgium.

Objectives: We looked at early pregnancy and parenthood as an opportunity to broaden our understanding of the reproductive health education needs met by adolescent girls.

Methods: We conducted an in-depth interview study with 12 adolescent mothers.

Results: To become a mother at a young age was perceived as meaningful to all the participants.

[First-generation immigrant adolescents' physical and mental health and behaviors].

The objectives of this article are to: a) review literature about physical, mental health and behaviors of first generation immigrant adolescents and its evolution; b) compare first and second generations immigrant adolescents'health. Studies usually compare first generation and others adolescents groups: 1) first generation adolescents shows better physical health and behaviors than second generation; 2) first generation adolescents shows variable results for mental health compared to second generation and host adolescents according to the studies; 3) a degradation of physical health and behaviors is observed with the time passed in the host country. These results show necessity of a precocious evaluation of first generation adolescents' needs for a good planification of health promotion and prevention actions to preserve their health advantage at arrival.