Health-promoting school development in Zhejiang Province, China

Health Promotion International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-230

  Xin Wei, Zhang ^a   Li Qun, Liu ^a   Xue Hai, Zhang ^a   Jun Xiang, Guo ^a   Xue Dong, Pan ^b   Aldinger, Carmen ^c   Sen Hai, Yu ^d   Jones, Jack ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Provincial Department of Education   (China)

^c EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d Disease Control and Prevention Center of Changning Area   (China)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Health promoting schools; Psycho social environment; School health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EVALUATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 50849124129     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dan021     Document Type: Article

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