What's the place of schools in promoting health? Are we too optimistic?

Health Promotion International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-408

  St Leger, Lawrence ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH VISITOR; HYGIENE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 10644283891     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dah401     Document Type: Editorial

References (6)

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3. Dukes, C. (1985) School Hygiene. Rugby School, Rugby.
4. St Leger, L. and Nutbeam, D. (1999) Evidence of Effective Health Promotion in Schools. In Boddy, D. (ed). The Evidence of Health Promotion Effectiveness: Shaping Public Health in a New Europe. European Union, Brussels.
5. WHO (1986) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. WHO, Geneva.
6. World Bank (1993) World Development Report 1993. Oxford University Press, New York.