Full implementation of the secondary 1 program of project P.A.T.H.S.: Observations based on the co-walker scheme

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 982-991

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b,c   Sun, Rachel C F ^d   Kan, Vivian W M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Observation; Positive youth development program; Quality of curriculum delivery

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHINA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77649286217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.116     Document Type: Article

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