Effectiveness of child-friendly spaces on the personal well-being of school children: a double-blind, non-randomised control trial

Deldar Morad Abdulah; Bewar Sedo

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Effectiveness of child-friendly spaces on the personal well-being of school children: a double-blind, non-randomised control trial

Deldar Morad Abdulah

¹

,

Bewar Abdulaziz Sedo

^{2, 3}

Community and Maternity Health Unit, College of Nursing, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

Department of Political Science, College of Humanities, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

KDI School of Public Policy and Management (PhD student), Sejong, South Korea

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2022; 24(1): 13–18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113008

Online publish date: 2022/03/27

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Effectiveness of child-friendly spaces on the personal well-being of school children: a double-blind, non-randomised control trial

Deldar Morad Abdulah 1 , Bewar Abdulaziz Sedo 2, 3

Deldar Morad Abdulah

¹

,

Bewar Abdulaziz Sedo

^{2, 3}