Developing teenagers' views on their health and the health of their future children

Health Education

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 543-559

  Grace, Marcus ^a   Woods Townsend, Kathryn ^a   Griffiths, Janice ^b   Godfrey, Keith ^c   Hanson, Mark ^d   Galloway, Ian ^d   Azaola, Marta Cristina ^d   Harman, Kerry ^e   Byrne, Jenny ^d   Inskip, Hazel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Upper Shirley High School   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Adolescents; Health education; Hospitals; Personal health; Schools; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867409901     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281211275890     Document Type: Article

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