["Violence and health": an autopsy of a public health plan]

The law provides for an evaluation and a five-year review of the French Public Health Act. Among its five strategic plans, the law of August 9, 2004 provided for a "national plan to limit the health impact of violence, risk behavior and addictive behavior." Under the impetus of the World Health Organization's World Report on Violence and Health in 2000, a rich reflection was conducted in France on this issue establishing some key axes for implementation. Although we can link several actions related to this field within the framework of specific policies since 2004 (road violence, addictions, violence against women, etc.), we note that a plan on violence and health has not emerged. The lack of enforcement and application of this part of the law raises questions about the quality of the law as well as the in the role and place for the theme "violence and health" in an upcoming law.