Context matters in programme implementation

Health Education

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-293

  Clarke, Aleisha M ^a   O'Sullivan, Maeve ^a   Barry, Margaret M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged groups; Ireland; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954236902     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281011052637     Document Type: Article

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