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People in a situation of social and economic vulnerability are at a high risk of being compromised in terms of their health and well-being. The concept of vulnerability seems to be relevant to highlight the challenges linked to inequalities and to find conditions for developing innovative actions responding to different contexts. Based on an interdisciplinary reflection, we explored the different views of vulnerability from health and social disciplines to find existing similarities and divergences.

Nursing students' academic conditions, psychological distress, and intention to leave school: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Psychological distress and intention to leave school are highly prevalent among nursing students. Academic conditions, including psychosocial stressors and school-work-life conflicts, could contribute to psychological distress and intention to leave school.

Objective: To explore the associations between academic conditions and 1) psychological distress and 2) intention to leave school.

A realist evaluation of a support and training program for family caregivers in the municipality of Envigado: A research protocol.

Aims: In Envigado, Colombia, the Secretariat of Health has implemented, since 2011, an interprofessional program involving nurses to support and train relatives to improve the quality of life of people with a loss of autonomy and their family caregivers. The objectives of this study are to assess the outcomes of this program and to explore the contextual elements and mechanisms that can explain these outcomes.

Design: This article presents the research protocol for a realist evaluation that will be carried out to gather the perspectives of various local stakeholders involved.

[Portrait of the Women's Mental Health who Consult Community Organization of a Quebec Region].

In Québec, one in three people is at risk of being affected by a mental health problem during his lifetime. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from mild mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. Poverty, violence and sexual abuse, difficulty to have access to adequate and affordable housing and poor working conditions are among the risk for women of being affected by a mental health problem.

Prescribing and deprescribing in very old age: perceptions of very old adults, caregivers and health professionals.

Background: although they are major consumers of medications, there is little evidence-based data to guide prescribing and deprescribing of medications for very old adults (80+ years).

Objectives: to discover the perceptions of very old adults, caregivers and health professionals in order to further examine the clinical and ethical issues raised by prescribing and deprescribing in very old age.

Methods: individual interviews were conducted with very old adults (n = 10) and caregivers (n = 6), whereas group interviews were conducted with health professionals (n = 11).