The department’s activities concern public policies developed in the field of healthcare and social work on the basis of insights arising out of the human and social sciences: policy and program design, implementation by the various actors involved, regulatory process, and evaluation.
- Head of department and members
- Main subjects covered by the courses
- Academic subjects
- Institute-Specific Diplomas
- The Department’s Research Themes and Areas of Expertise
- Collaborations avec les universités
- Contacts
Head of department and members
Jean-Marie André is currently in charge of the department, seconded by two deputy heads: Karine Lefeuvre-Darnajou and Jeanine Pommier.
Jean-Marie André
Head of the SHSC department since December 2011, he is a social protection and health economist, and has been a lecturer-researcher at EHESP since 1997. Prior to this, he held management positions at the Union Grand Ouest de la Mutualité Social Agricole (MSA) – a campaigning and training organization focused on issues of social protection. Parallel to his role as Head of Department, his work particularly addresses matters related to health risk coverage, and the questions this raises in terms of access to healthcare. His research activities are based at the Centre de Recherche sur l’Action Publique en Europe (CRAPE) – UMR CNRS 6051, of which he has been a member since 2011. See his CV.
Karine Lefeuvre-Darnajou
Doctor in private law, author of a thesis on “The pre-incapacitation of vulnerable adults”, and professor at EHESP since 2007, she teaches on the rights of users of health, social and medical-social establishments, and the question of legal protection of vulnerable adults. Co-head of the EHESP Diploma: “Director of EHPAD (dependent elder care facility) and User Rights”. Substitute member of the Administrative Council for the college of lecturer-researchers holding a PhD or HDR (accreditation to supervise research) and member of the Space for Ethical Thought about Alzheimer’s Disease (EREMA, Rennes). Research activity within the Western Institute of Law and European Studies (IODE, UMR CNRS 6262 at Rennes I University): abuse in institutions and implementation of the reform system for the legal protection of adults. See her CV.
Jeanine Pommier
Public health Doctor, HDR (accreditation to supervise research), Lecturer-Researcher in public health and health promotion. Deputy Director of the department and of the doctoral network. Member of the Management Commitment at IDA (Institut Des Amériques) Rennes and Co-Head of the MSHB (Human Sciences Institute in Brittany) Society and Health Section. Research activity within CRAPE (Centre for Research on Political Action in Europe, UMR 6051). Administrative Vice-President of the UIPES (International Union for Health Promotion and Education). Research themes: evaluation of health promotion programs, particularly in the school environment. See her CV.
Departemental composition
The department has teaching staff, managers, a statistician, teaching assistants, research officers, PhD students and assistants. Download the departmental composition (pdf, 137 kb)
Main subjects covered by the courses
- French and European health and welfare systems
- Health and welfare professionals
- Perception of disease and risks
- Health education and promotion
- Public health policies and methods
- Health and social protection policies
- Evaluation, inspection and control
- Scheduling equipment and health, welfare and care services
- Setting up projects for people in difficulty
- Civil law, public law and social law
- Health economics and sociology
- Ethics
Academic subjects
- Master of Public Health
- Managing public health policies and actions Master (M2) directed by Alain Jourdain, in collaboration with the Rennes Political Studies Institute
- Public Health Master 1 in collaboration with Rennes 1 University “Governance in the social and welfare sector”
- Law, health and ethics Master in collaboration with the Rennes Faculty of Law and Political Science
- “Health education in schools” Professional Master, in collaboration with the Auvergne University Faculty of Medicine (Clermont I), the Auvergne IUFM [French University Institute for Teachers Training] and Blaise Pascal University (Clermont II), together with the Saint Etienne IUFM of Claude Bernard University (Lyon I)
Institute-Specific Diplomas
- Managing a center for the care of the elderly (EPHAD) in compliance with the rights of users – Course leader: Karine Lefeuvre-Darnajou.
The Department is associated with:
- the professional specialisation course “Health promotion, management of health and welfare services” of the public health Master of the Paris XI University of Medicine (in collaboration with Paris V, Paris XII and Versailles Saint-Quentin),
- the “International economics and strategies” Master of Grenoble 2 Pierre Mendès France University,
- the “Analysis and management of health establishments” Master of Paris VII Denis Diderot University, etc.
The Department’s Research Themes and Areas of Expertise
- Theme 1: Vulnerabilities and social ties
Principally integrated to the theme: “Chronic Disease, Mental Health, Disability and Ageing” - Theme 2: Social determinants and health promotion
Principally integrated to the theme: “Public Policies and Health Promotion” - Theme 3: Analysis of Social and Health Policies
Principally integrated to the theme: “Public Policies and Health Promotion” - Theme 4: Actors and Operational Dynamics in the Social and Health System
Principally integrated to the theme: “Social and Health Professionals: quality of practice”
Collaborations with universities
- Ecole Nationale d’Administration Publique, Quebec, ENAP, exchanges between lecturers for training in the evaluation and organisation of forums between professionals in the health, welfare and care field and exchanges of students between the two establishments
- London School of Economics
- European Health Management Association (EHMA)
- Kaunas University of Medicine and Technology (Lithuania)
- Nordic School of Public Health (Göteborg)
Back to topContacts
Jean-Marie ANDRE – jean-marie.andre@ehesp.fr
Tél: +33 (0) 2 99 02 28 36 – Fax: +33 (0) 2 99 02 26 23France MARCHAND – france.marchand@ehesp.fr
Tél: +33 (0) 2 99 02 28 31Régine MAFFEI – regine.maffei@ehesp.fr
Tél: +33 (0) 2 99 02 28 53
