Building school-based cardiovascular health promotion capacity in youth: a mixed methods study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on April 25, 2015

Authors

Roberta L Woodgate1, Corey M Sigurdson2

Author Affiliations

1: Professor & Canadian Institutes of Health Research Applied Chair in Reproductive, Child and Youth Health Services and Policy Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada. Roberta.Woodgate@umanitoba.ca.
2: Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Applied Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. sigurds9@myumanitoba.ca.

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