11 for Health, a football-based health education programme for children: A two-cohort study in Mauritius and Zimbabwe

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 612-618

  Fuller, Colin W ^a   Junge, Astrid ^a   Dorasami, Cadrivel ^b   DeCelles, Jeff ^c   Dvorak, Jiri ^a  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Youth and Sport   (Mauritius)

^c Grassroot Soccer Inc   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAURITIUS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPORT; STATISTICS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCCER; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79957948969     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2011.084905     Document Type: Article

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