Educator mental health literacy: A programme evaluation of the teacher training education on the mental health & high school curriculum guide

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-93

  Kutcher, S ^a   Wei, Y ^a   McLuckie, A ^a   Bullock, L ^b  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Halifax Regional School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Educator mental health literacy; Mental health curriculum; Programme evaluation; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905744330     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2013.784615     Document Type: Article

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