Assessing organizational support for school health promotion
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Assessing organizational support for school health promotion
The Western Australian School Health Project (WASH Project) is an intervention that encourages schools to develop comprehensive health promotion programs. The WASH Project works with self-selected school communities and uses community development strategies to support participating schools in identifying and responding to health concerns relevant to their students. The study reported here was d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Education Research
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0268-1153,1465-3648
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.4.509