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Health promotion in school-aged children

Abstract

This presentation describes the time use and environmental health barriers to school attendance for adolescent girls in rural Kenya and discussing implications for improving school attendance to promote health among adolescent girls.

Author Details

Molly A. Secor-Turner, PhD, School of Nursing/Department of Public Health, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA; Maureen Njoki Kinyua, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA

Sigma Membership

Xi Kappa at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Adolescents, Domestic Work, Education

Conference Name

29th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Melbourne, Australia

Conference Year

2018

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Social and environmental health challenges among adolescent girls in rural Kenya

Melbourne, Australia

This presentation describes the time use and environmental health barriers to school attendance for adolescent girls in rural Kenya and discussing implications for improving school attendance to promote health among adolescent girls.