Health and Welfare
ChiP - Children’s rights to health, protection, promotion and participation
The goal of the research group ChiP (Children’s protection, prevention, promotion & participation) is to contribute towards and enhance knowledge regarding the right of children, young people, parents and families to equality in health and participation.
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The group’s research is based on two perspectives:
- Children’s and young people’s perceptions, opinions and thoughts about, experience and experiences of, as well as wishes and actions in their lives.
- Adults’ understanding of how children and young people perceive and act in their lives.
This research is conducted by systematising existing knowledge as well as identifying and filling in knowledge gaps within the area. The group contributes further by transforming existing knowledge in practice by intervention studies, collaboration and co-production.
External researchers in the project:
Ongoing research projects
The overall aim of this project is to develop and evaluate an intervention to promote time processing ability and daily time management in preschool children 5- 6 years with cognitive disabilities.
Main financing: Centrum för Klinisk Forskning Region Dalarna, Stiftelsen Norrbacka – Eugenia, Stiftelsen Sunnerdahls Handikappfond och Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter
The project develops and evaluates a co-created health-promoting approach in preschools to strengthen children’s mental well-being by enhancing engagement, improving the pedagogical atmosphere, and building preschool capacity for collegial learning and collaboration with external actors.
Project manager at MDU: Lena Almqvist
Main financing: FORTE