Making schools healthy among Burmese migrants in Thailand

Health Promotion International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-232

  Akiyama, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Win, Thar ^d   Maung, Cynthia ^d   Ray, Paw ^e   Kaji, Aiko ^b   Tanabe, Aya ^b   Jimba, Masamine ^c   Kobayashi, Jun ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Japan Association for Mae Tao Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Mae Tao Clinic   (Thailand)

^e Burmese Migrant Workers Education Committee   (Thailand)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

health promotion; health promoting schools; implementation; school

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; THAILAND; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH-PROMOTING SCHOOLS; IMPLEMENTATION; STANDARD;

CHECKLIST; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MYANMAR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH-PROMOTING SCHOOLS; IMPLEMENTATION; SCHOOL;

EID: 84877958831     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/das010     Document Type: Article

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