Prevention meeting: the recommendations of the High Council for Public Health

in collaboration with

Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo)

On November 9, 2022, the senators adopted one of the government’s proposals in the draft Social Security budget for 2023 (PLFSS): the establishment of health prevention appointments, at key stages of the life.

Health appointments at different key ages of life

These prevention meetings are aimed at the following age groups: 18-25 years old, 45-50 years old, 60-65 years old, 70-75 years old. The people concerned will be informed by Health Insurance of the opening of these appointments.

“The interest of these prevention appointments is not to reach the public who go to see their doctor every month and who have a perfectly regular follow-up. But it’s good to seek out the audiences who are currently the furthest from care and health“said the Minister of Health François Braun.

The recommendations of the High Council for Public Health

After these announcements, the High Council for Public Health made various recommendations:

• The prevention appointment must be organized around the general practitioner in a coordinated approach of territorialized management by providing the professionals in charge of the appointments with adequate training;
• The content of the meeting must be adapted to the person’s age and priorities, and take into account lifestyle habits such as physical activity, diet, addictions, mental health, personal environment ;
• It is desirable to set up a territorial governance for the upstream and downstream implementation of the prevention system as well as a steering committee associating national actors, territorial actors, and users in order to structure the system. information and evaluation of the system and prevention actions.