School Wellness Policy Implementation: Insights and Recommendations From Two Rural School Districts

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 340-348

  Sánchez, Victoria ^a   Hale, Ron ^b   Andrews, Mark ^a   Cruz, Yolanda ^c   Bettencourt, Vonnell ^b   Wexler, Perdita ^b   Halasan, Corazon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c San Miguel County Family and Community Health Council   (United States)

Author keywords

community based participatory research; Latino; nutrition; physical activity; school health; school policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84899741554     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912450878     Document Type: Article

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