Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life Among School-Based Health Center Users in Elementary and Middle School

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Wade, Terrance J ^a   Mansour, Mona E ^a   Line, Kristin ^a   Huentelman, Tracy ^a   Keller, Kathryn N ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

elementary school; health related quality of life; school health; school based health center

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KENTUCKY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 48949118488     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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