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dc.contributor.authorCurless, M.
dc.contributor.authorBurns, Sharyn
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:54:19Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:54:19Z
dc.date.created2011-06-28T20:01:33Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationCurless, Melanie and Burns, Sharyn. 2003. A Survey of Health Promotion at International Schools. Journal of School Health. 73 (4): pp. 133-137.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16182
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1746-1561.2003.tb03589.x
dc.description.abstract

This study investigated health promotion efforts at international schools serving the education needs of expatriate communities abroad. Factors supporting the implementation of whole-school approaches to health promotion also were examined. Self-completed questionnaires were distributed by a combination of electronic and conventional mail. International school staff in 93 countries (n = 205) completed an adapted version of an instrument used for evaluating the Western Australian School Health Project (WASHP). This survey demonstrated usefulness of the WASHP instrument cross-culturally in a variety of school settings. The level of whole-school approaches to health promotion in the participating international schools varied but tended to be low. Demographic characteristics of schools were not associated with differences in the level of health promotion, with the exception school size. School organizational factors support implementation of health promotion programs.

dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc
dc.subjectabroad
dc.subjecthealth promotion
dc.subjectwhole-school approach
dc.subjectexpatriate communities
dc.subjectinternational schools
dc.titleA Survey of Health Promotion at International Schools
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume73
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage133
dcterms.source.endPage137
dcterms.source.issn00224391
dcterms.source.titleJournal of School Health
curtin.departmentWestern Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (Curtin Research Centre)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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