Screen-related sedentary behaviours of school-aged children: Principals' and teachers' perspectives

Health Education Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-38

  He, Meizi ^a,c   Piché, Leonard ^b   Beynon, Charlene ^c,d   Kurtz, Joanne ^c   Harris, Stewart ^e  

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

^b BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c Public Health Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Physical activity; School personnel; Sedentary behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE CHANGE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL STRESS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER; TELEVISION VIEWING;

EID: 79956012456     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896910363332     Document Type: Article

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