Understanding barriers to implementing the Norwegian national guidelines for healthy school meals: A case study involving three secondary schools

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-327

  Holthe, Asle ^a   Larsen, Torill ^b   Samdal, Oddrun ^c  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b Betanien Deaconal University College   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barriers; Case study; Implementation; Policy adoption; School meals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEAL; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHER;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NUTRITION POLICY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79959436419     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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