Can health promoting schools contribute to the better health and wellbeing of young people? The Hong Kong experience

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 530-536

  Lee, Albert ^a,b   Cheng, Frances F K ^b   Fung, Yanas ^b   St Leger, Lawrence ^c,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award Scheme ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCREDITATION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOL; STUDENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33744454957     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.040121     Document Type: Article

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