Health promotion practices and attitudes among nurses in special education schools in Greece

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Alexandropoulou, Marianthi ^a   Sourtzi, Panayota ^b   Kalokerinou, Athena ^b  

^a Metaksa Oncology Memorial Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; health promotion; school nurses' attitudes; special education school

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL NURSING; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955744357     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840510374879     Document Type: Article

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