Research projects
CHILD's research and projects are divided into three themes: Preschool and School; Disability; and Health. Within these themes, there is research focusing on young children, school-aged children, and young adults.
Ongoing projects
Preschool and school
- EXPECT (Exploring Practices in Early Childhood of Tomorrow: Develop resilience in social sustainable childhoods after COVID-19)
- Doing an Inclusive Assessment Map - the I AM project
- Achievement in year 3 and 6 - the relationship to children's engagement and behavior difficulties in preschool activities?
- Participation and Engagement in Preschool International (PEPI)
- Ethnicity and special support in preschool
- The Inclusive Early Childhood Education (IECE)
Disability
- Research program CHILD-PMH Mental health and participation in habilitation for children and adolescents with disabilities
- Bullying and mental health for school children - with focus on children with disabilities
- Picture My Participation
- Pictorial support in person-centred care for children (PicPecc)
- Participation for children with physical disabilities and in children with typical development: a longitudinal study
- Mealtime and social interaction in families of children with gastrostomy tube feeding
Health
- Health and family climate in families where a parent has deafblindness
- Oral health in Children with Down Syndrome: Parents Views on dental care in Sweden
- Health visits in the child health and school health care services with children of foreign origin
- Caring for children with Neuro developmental disorder in high technological health care settings
- Interactive communication support in the radiology context (ICIR) - interacting with children during acute examinations
- Supporting everyday life in children who have ended braintumor treatment - an intervention study
- Insufficient communication and caring behavior – common problems in health care! The development of a strategy to teach a caring behavior – an intervention study in the undergraduate nursing education
- Adjusting to COVID-19: Instructional adaptations, perceptions of online
courses, stress, and creative outlets among faculty and students at
universities around the world - Pictorial Support in Person-Centered Care for Children (PicPecc)
Completed projects
Preschool and school
- Different is cool! Self-efficacy and participation of students with and without disabilities in school-based Physical Education
- Early detection - Early intervention - a longitudinal study of children's engagement and behavior problems in Swedish preschool environments; Preschool environments, young children's engagement, behavior problems and learning in early school years
- Student participation in school in socially challenged areas
Disability
- Indicated family support – a study of support to families having children with mild intellectual disabilities and the relation to child participation in everyday activities
- Effectiveness of time-related interventions in children with ADHD aged 9-15 years: a randomized controlled study
- Mobility of individuals walking with a lower limb prosthesis
Health
- Children’s rights in parental support
- Oral health in and dental care for children and adolescents with disabilities
- Pain management for children with cerebral palsy in school settings
- Children in the radiology department – pain, anxiety and communication in conjunction with an acute radiographic examination
- Self-reported Participation for Adolescents with Disabilities and long-term Health Conditions
- See Me - Talk to Me
Would you like to participate in our research or do you have ideas for future research projects? Feel free to contact Karina Huus or Maria Björk.
CHILD's research funders 2006-2025
- Arvsfonden
- Barncancerfonden
- EU Horizon
- Folkhälsomyndigheten
- Forskningskommittén RÖL
- Forskningsrådet Formas
- FORSS, Forskningsrådet i sydöstra Sverige
- Forte
- Futurum
- Halmstad Kommun
- Jönköping University
- Jerringfonden
- KK-stiftelsen
- Linnéa & Josef Carlssons stiftelse
- Lundbergska stiftelsen
- Länsförsäkringar Halland
- Majblomman
- Marie Curie-EU
- MoGård
- Mälardalens universitet
- Nyckelfonden
- RBU:s forskningsstiftelse
- Region Halland
- Region Jönköpings län
- Region Örebro län
- Riksföreningen för barnsjuksköterskor
- SIDA
- Socialstyrelsen
- Stiftelsen Clas Groschinskys Minnesfond
- Stiftelsen Fonden för Klinisk cancerforskning i Jönköping
- Stiftelsen Solstickan
- Stiftelsen Sävstaholm
- Stiftelsen för internationalisering av högre utbildning och forskning (STINT)
- Stig Thunes Stiftelse
- Sunnerdahls Handikappfond
- Svensk Sjuksköterskeförening
- Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner (SKR)
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Vinnova
- Vårdalsinstitutet
- Västerås stad
Content updated 2025-05-23
