Healthy Universities: Current activity and future directions - findings and reflections from a national-level qualitative research study

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 6-16

  Dooris, Mark ^a   Doherty, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health promoting universities; healthy universities; higher education; settings; systems thinking; universities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960578182     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975910375165     Document Type: Article

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