Qualitative evaluation of the project P.A.T.H.S.: Findings based on focus groups with student participants

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 691-703

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b,c   Ng, Catalina S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Focus groups; Positive youth development program; Qualitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; CHINA; PHILOSOPHY; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; FOCUS GROUPS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 70350772299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.59     Document Type: Article

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