Reducing dissonance along health–education fault lines: Health-literacy advocacy and the case for efficacious assessment

Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  McCuaig, L ^a   Coore, S ^a   Hay, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health education; Health literacy; Program evaluation; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897045904     PISSN: 18377122     EISSN: 18377130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18377122.2012.666195     Document Type: Article

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