Secondary school students' knowledge of and attitudes towards older people: Does an education intervention programme make a difference?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-183

  Scott, Thea ^a,b   Minichiello, Victor ^b   Browning, Colette ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ageism; Attitudes; Intervention; Knowledge; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347501583     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X98006874     Document Type: Article

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