Feasibility of a peer-led, school-based asthma education programme for adolescents in Jordan;Faisabilité d'un programme d'éducation sur l'asthme en milieu scolaire mené par des pairs auprès d'adolescentes en Jordanie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 468-473

  Al Sheyab, N A ^a   Gallagher, R ^b   Roydhouse, J K ^c   Crisp, J ^b   Shah, S ^d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PEER COUNSELING; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 84862309931     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.5.468     Document Type: Article

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