Identifying Barriers That Hinder Onsite Parental Involvement in a School-Based Health Promotion Program

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 703-713

  Garcia Dominic, Oralia ^a   Wray, Linda A ^b   Treviño, Roberto P ^c   Hernandez, Arthur E ^d   Yin, Zenong ^d   Ulbrecht, Jan S ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Social and Health Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers to parental involvement; effective strategies; parental involvement; school based health programs; type 2 diabetes mellitus in children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PARENTING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79952108294     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909331909     Document Type: Article

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