Variations in schools’ commitment to health and implementation of health improvement activities: a cross-sectional study of secondary schools in Wales

Variations in schools’ commitment to health and implementation of health improvement activities: a cross-sectional study of secondary schools in Wales

Abstract Background Interventions to improve young people’s health are most commonly delivered via schools. While young people attending the lowest socioeconomic status (SES) schools report poorer health profiles, no previous studies have examined whether there is an ‘inverse care law’ in school hea...

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Main Authors: Graham F. Moore, Hannah J. Littlecott, Adam Fletcher, Gillian Hewitt, Simon Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Socioeconomic status
School
Adolescent
Child
Health behaviours
Inequalities
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-2763-0

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