The school nurse as navigator of the school health journey: Developing the theory and evidence for policy

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-234

  Brooks, Fiona ^a   Kendall, Sally ^a   Bunn, Frances ^a   Bindler, Ruth ^b   Bruya, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child health; health navigator; school nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011521342     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423607000278     Document Type: Article

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