A pilot whole-school intervention to improve school ethos and reduce substance use

Health Education

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-272

  Bonell, Chris ^a   Sorhaindo, Annik ^a   Strange, Vicki ^b   Wiggins, Meg ^b   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Fletcher, Adam ^a   Oakley, Ann ^b   Bond, Lyndal ^c   Flay, Brian ^d   Patton, George ^e   Rhodes, Tim ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Schools; Social inclusion; Substance misuse; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954237433     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281011052628     Document Type: Article

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