Supporting participation in physical education at school in youth with type 1 diabetes: Perceptions of teachers, youth with type 1 diabetes, parents and diabetes professionals

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-30

  MacMillan, Freya ^a   Kirk, Alison ^b   Mutrie, Nanette ^c   Moola, Fiona ^d   Robertson, Kenneth ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; Qualitative; type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922032422     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X14534367     Document Type: Article

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