Australian teachers' understandings of the health promoting school concept and the implications for the development of school health

Health Promotion International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-235

  St Leger, Lawrence ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promoting school; School health; Teachers understandings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHER;

EID: 0031709276     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/13.3.223     Document Type: Article

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