How effective is the health-promoting school approach in building social capital in primary schools?

Health Education

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 556-574

  Sun, Jing ^a   Stewart, Donald ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health education; Primary schools; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548991450     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280710827948     Document Type: Article

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