Achieving good standards in health promoting schools: Preliminary analysis one year after the implementation of the Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award scheme

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 752-760

  Lee, A ^a   Cheng, F F K ^a   Yuen, H ^a   Ho, M ^a   Lo, A ^a   Fung, Y ^a   Leung, T ^a  

^a Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health promoting schools; Hong Kong; Standard

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LITERACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; SCHOOLS;

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

EID: 34548023674     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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