Staff- and school-level predictors of school organizational health: A multilevel analysis

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 294-302

  Bevans, Katherine ^a   Bradshaw, Catherine ^b   Miech, Richard ^c   Leaf, Philip ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Injury prevention; Mental health; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34347240384     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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