Effects of the Sunny Days, Healthy Ways curriculum on students in grades 6 to 8

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-22

  Buller, David B ^a   Reynolds, Kim D ^b   Yaroch, Amy ^c   Cutter, Gary R ^d   Hines, Joan M ^e   Geno, Cristy R ^f   Maloy, Julie A ^a   Brown, Melissa ^g   Woodall, W Gill ^h   Grandpre, Joseph ⁱ  

^a KLEIN BUENDEL INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g Jefferson County Public Schools   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ Wyoming Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEXICO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; STUDENT; SUN EXPOSURE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; CHILD; COLORADO; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; NEW MEXICO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 30544451179     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.08.046     Document Type: Article

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