Understanding the social context of school health promotion program implementation

Health Education

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-97

  Cargo, Margaret ^a   Salsberg, Jon ^b   Delormier, Treena ^b   Desrosiers, Serge ^b   Macaulay, Ann C ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Diabetes; Ethnic groups; Health education; Project evaluation; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644929028     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280610650936     Document Type: Article

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