Development and validation of the short-form adolescent health promotion scale

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Mei Yen ^a   Lai, Li Ju ^b   Chen, Hsiu Chih ^c   Gaete, Jorge ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c School Health Nurse   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adolescent health promotion scale; Health promotion; Instrument development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84938066422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1106     Document Type: Article

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