Audience-response devices ('clickers'): A discussion paper on their potential contribution to alcohol education in schools

Health Education Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-55

  Hughes, Clarissa ^a   Roche, Ann M ^a   Bywood, Petra ^a   Trifonoff, Allan ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; clickers; drug education; health promotion; interactive teaching; peer education

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLICKER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION;

EID: 84871546651     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896911430547     Document Type: Article

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