Promoting health literacy through the health education assessment project

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Marx, Eva ^a   Hudson, Nancy ^b   Deal, Tami B ^c   Pateman, Beth ^d   Middleton, Kathleen ^e  

^a Chief State School Officers ^*  (United States)

^b Cncl of Chief State School Officers   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Toucan Ed   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health literacy; School health education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947575502     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Review

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