[Interest in periodic health examinations for young people in the judicial system]

The Centre for Health Examinations (CES) in Roche sur Yon has experience with the Periodic Health Examinations (EPS) on population groups in fragile or disadvantaged situations and young people in the process of integration. Minors followed by the Judicial Protection of the Youth (PJJ) are in a preoccupying state of health. Professionals led a working group for reflection from two institutions working in health management. This study aims to explore the representations of young people's health under the care of the judicial system in order to evaluate the pertinence of EPS in the health course of youth in the judicial correctional system. 23 semi-directed interviews allowed the team to show that if the youth have a somatic definition of health, they are nevertheless open to a comprehensive approach to health. Their parents are unavoidable reference points. The readability of the speakers in terms of mental health remains average. The resources in health documentation are under-utilised. The treating doctor remains a special partner for health. The knowledge of social rights is insufficient. The notion of risk and the need for more information concerns the areas of drunk driving, sexuality and road rage. The EPS very logically places itself in the health course of the youth. The partnership between the health and the justice systems should be constructed in the framework of a convention between the two institutions.