Brighter Smiles Africa - Translation of a Canadian community-based health-promoting school program to Uganda

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 6-

  Macnab, A J ^a,c   Radziminski, N ^a   Budden, H ^a   Kasangaki, A ^b,c   Zavuga, R ^b   Gagnon, F A ^a   Mbabali, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child health education; Community based learning; Determinants of health; Global health; Health promoting schools; Oral health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956294957     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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