Subjective outcome evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. (secondary 2 program): Views of the program participants

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 1012-1022

  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

Chinese adolescents; Positive youth development program; Quantitative data; Subjective outcome evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNDING; HIGH SCHOOL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHINA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 77649329605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.119     Document Type: Article

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