Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 448-452 , July 2010

Enabling nursing students to focus on the Ottawa Charter and the nurses role in tackling inequalities in health through international exchange

  • C. Aarts

      Affiliations

    • Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Döbelnsgatan 2, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Tel.: +46 (0) 18 471 66 11, +46 (0) 70 57 53 351(M).
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  • P.M. Nordstrom

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Mount Royal College, 4825 Mount Royal Gate, SW Calgary, AB, Canada T3E 6K6
    • Tel.: +1 403 440 6549; fax: +1 403 440 5033.
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  • L. Koskinen

      Affiliations

    • Savonia University of Applied Sciences, School of Health, PL 1028, 70111 Kuopio, Finland
    • Tel.: +358 17 255 6463.
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  • T. Juhansoo

      Affiliations

    • Development and Foreign Relations, Tallinn Health College, Kännu 67, 3418 Tallinn, Estonia
    • Tel.: +372 5164866; fax: +372 6711710.
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  • M.P. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Mount Royal College, 4825 Mount Royal Gate, SW Calgary, AB, Canada T3E 6K6
    • Tel.: +1 403 440 6073; fax: +1 403 440 6203.
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  • F. Marquis

      Affiliations

    • Université de Moncton School of Nursing, Edmundston Campus, 165 Hebert Boulevard, Edmundston, NB, Canada E3V 2S8
    • Tel.: +1 506 737 5145; fax: +1 506 737 5373.
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  • F. Chassé

      Affiliations

    • Université de Moncton School of Nursing, Edmundston Campus, 165 Hebert Boulevard, Edmundston, NB, Canada E3V 2S8
    • Tel.: +1 506 737 5145; fax: +1 506 737 5373.
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  • K. Critchley

      Affiliations

    • University of Prince Edward Island, School of Nursing, 108 Steel, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada C1A 4P3
    • Tel.: +1 902 628 4300; fax: +1 902 566 0777.
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  • B. Campbell

      Affiliations

    • University of Prince Edward Island, School of Nursing, 108 Steel, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada C1A 4P3
    • Tel.: +1 902 566 0743; fax: +1 902 894 2889.
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  • A. Hemingway

      Affiliations

    • Bournemouth University, School of Health and Social Care, IHCS 1st Floor Royal London House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3LT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1202 962796; fax: +44 1202 962194.

,Accepted 12 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.10.005

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 448-452 , July 2010

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