How prevention curricula are taught under real-world conditions: Types of and reasons for teacher curriculum adaptations

Health Education

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 324-344

  Miller Day, Michelle ^a   Pettigrew, Jonathan ^b   Hecht, Michael L ^c   Shin, YoungJu ^d   Graham, John ^c   Krieger, Janice ^e  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Curricula; Implementation; Prevention; Programmes; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879190756     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281311329259     Document Type: Article

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