Health promoting schools: Consensus, strategies, and potential

Health Education

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 170-185

  Macnab, Andrew J ^a,b   Gagnon, Faith A ^a   Stewart, Donald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (South Africa)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Determinants of health; Health promoting schools; Health promotion; Implementation; Resilience; Self efficacy; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900395004     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HE-11-2013-0055     Document Type: Review

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