Evaluation of an occupational health education program among 11th grade students

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 607-613

  Lerman, Yehuda ^a,c   Feldman, Yehudit ^a   Shnaps, Reuven ^b   Kushnir, Talma ^a   Ribak, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Occupational Health Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Educational curricula; Health behavior; Occupational safety; Program effectiveness; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031743283     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199812)34:6<607::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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