Enabling nursing students to focus on the Ottawa Charter and the nurses role in tackling inequalities in health through international exchange

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-452

  Aarts, C ^a   Nordstrom, P M ^b   Koskinen, L ^c   Juhansoo, T ^d   Mitchell, M P ^b   Marquis, F ^e   Chasse F ^e   Critchley, K ^f   Campbell, B ^f   Hemingway, A ^g  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d Tallinn Health Care College   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^g BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Health inequalities; International; Ottawa Charter; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; NURSE'S ROLE; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953682921     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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