Culture matters: A case of school health promotion in Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 207-217

  McIsaac, Jessie Lee D ^a,b   Read, Kendra ^b,c   Veugelers, Paul J ^a   Kirk, Sara F L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promoting schools; Policy and implementation; Population health

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NOVA SCOTIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NOVA SCOTIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85019758131     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat055     Document Type: Article

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