An empirical model for school health promotion: The Western Australian school health project model

Health Promotion International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-25

  McBride, Nyanda ^a,c   Midford, Richard ^a   Cameron, Iain ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WA Drug Abuse Strategy Office   (Australia)

^c Natl Ctr Res Prev of Drug Abuse   (Australia)

Author keywords

Framework; Health promotion; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0033030096     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/14.1.17     Document Type: Article

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