Health promoting schools as learning sites for physicians in-training

Health Education

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 186-196

  Dharamsi, Shafik ^a   Woollard, Robert ^a   Kendal, Paul ^a   Okullo, Isaac ^b   Macnab, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acountability; Advocacy; Children; Health; Health promotion; Medical schools; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900408093     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HE-09-2013-0048     Document Type: Article

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