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Whole School Approaches to Health Promotion

The Pacific Journey

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The Pacific region consists of 22 countries and areas (excluding Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii). Its total population is approximately nine million people, living on land masses encompassing 551,684 square kilometers and situated within a vast area of ocean. The number of people per country range from around 1,500 in Niue to approximately six million in Papua New Guinea (PNG), which has the largest population in the region.

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  1. Secretariat of the Pacific Board for Educational Assessment, Suva, Fiji

    Sereana Tagivakatini

  2. World Health Organization, Suva, Fiji

    Temo K. Waqanivalu

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  1. Sereana Tagivakatini
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  1. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Neil Taylor

  2. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Frances Quinn

  3. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Michael Littledyke

  4. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Richard K. Coll

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Tagivakatini, S., Waqanivalu, T.K. (2012). Whole School Approaches to Health Promotion. In: Taylor, N., Quinn, F., Littledyke, M., Coll, R.K. (eds) Health Education in Context. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-876-6_2

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