Theorizing healthy settings: A critical discussion with reference to Healthy Universities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-16

  Dooris, Mark ^a   Wills, Jane ^b   Newton, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; conceptual framework; ecological; health promotion; health promoting universities; healthy universities; salutogenesis; settings; systems; theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84922392087     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494814544495     Document Type: Article

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