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 :
Research and 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”