System-wide adoption of health promotion practices by schools: Evaluation of a telephone and mail-based dissemination strategy in Australia

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Johnstone, Elizabeth ^a   Knight, Jenny ^a,b   Gillham, Karen ^a   Campbell, Elizabeth ^a,b   Nicholas, Craig ^a   Wiggers, John ^a,b  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer assisted telephone interview; Health promotion; Primary schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33748109897     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dal020     Document Type: Article

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