Encouraging schools to promote health: Impact of the Western Australian School Health Project (1992-1995)

Journal of School Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 220-226

  McBride, Nyanda ^a   Midford, Richard ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONSUMER; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033173567     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1999.tb06393.x     Document Type: Article

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