Health imperatives in primary schools across three countries: Intersections of class, culture and subjectivity

Discourse

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 673-691

  Wright, Jan ^a   Burrows, Lisette ^b   Rich, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; health; obesity; policy; primary schools; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869190920     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2012.696500     Document Type: Article

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