Teachers' attitudes toward students with epilepsy: Results of a survey of elementary and middle school teachers

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-315

  Bishop, Malachy ^a   Slevin, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Epilepsy; Stigma; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHER; TEACHING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; EPILEPSY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 3042584989     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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