Does the 'Teddy Bear Hospital' enhance preschool children's knowledge? A pilot study with a pre/post-case control design in Germany

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1250-1260

  Leonhardt, Corinna ^a   Margraf Stiksrud, Jutta ^a   Badners, Larissa ^a   Szerencsi, Andrea ^a   Maier, Rolf F ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Teddy Bear Hospital'; Germany; health education; health promotion; preschool child

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84909977871     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313488975     Document Type: Article

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