Schoolchildren's health as judged by Swedish school nurses — a national survey

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 690-697

  Clausson, Eva K ^a   Köhler, Lennart ^b   Berg, Agneta ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family; gender; health complaints; mental health; school health service; school nurse; schoolchildren; socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING PRACTICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 51049101305     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808090671     Document Type: Article

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