Critical appraisal of health claims: science teachers’ perceptions and practices

Health Education

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 449-466

  Nordheim, Lena ^a   Pettersen, Kjell Sverre ^b   Flottorp, Signe ^c   Hjälmhult, Esther ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^d BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Health education; Health media; Qualitative methods; Schools; Science

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; TEACHER; TEACHING;

EID: 84978492384     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/HE-04-2015-0016     Document Type: Article

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