Theoretical and empirical base for implementation components of health-promoting schools

Health Education

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 367-390

  Samdal, Oddrun ^a   Rowling, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Health promotion; Implementation; Learning organizations; Review; School development; Schools; Whole school

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052587053     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281111161211     Document Type: Review

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