Abstract
Owing to the limited effectiveness of traditional health education curricula in schools, there is increasing interest in interventions aiming to promote young people's health by modifying the school environment. Existing systematic reviews cannot determine whether environmental intervention is effective because they examine interventions combining environmental modifications and traditional health education. This gap is significant because school-environment interventions are complex to implement and may be sidelined in underfunded and attainment-focused school systems without evidence to support such an approach. This systematic review examined the effectiveness of school-environment interventions without health-education components on student health and inequalities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 677-681 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 8 |
Early online date | 16 May 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2013 |