A partnership for health: Working with schools to promote healthy lifestyle

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1011-1013

  Shah, Smita ^a   van der Sluijs, Corinne Patching ^b   Lagleva, Marivic ^b   Pesle, Andrew ^c   Lim, Kean Seng ^d   Bittar, Hani ^b   Dibley, Michael ^b  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Health and Physical Education   (Australia)

^d Medical Practitioners Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Obesity; Preventive medicine; Schools adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 84855970566     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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