High school health curriculum and health literacy: Canadian student voices

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Begoray, Deborah L ^a   Wharf Higgins, Joan ^a   MacDonald, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; health curriculum; health education; health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SCHOOL; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; SCHOOLS; TEACHING;

EID: 77949905817     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909348101     Document Type: Article

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