High school intervention for influenza biology and epidemics/pandemics: Impact on conceptual understanding among adolescents

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-71

  Dumais, Nancy ^a   Hasni, Abdelkrim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CURRICULUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; VACCINATION;

EID: 64549128571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.08-08-0048     Document Type: Article

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