CHAP – Child Health and Parenting

Motto: For children and parents – With children and parents.

The vision of CHAP is to be a leading research group for improving the mental health and wellbeing of children, youth and parents, through science, clinical development, and translational work.

Our mission is to:

• Develop, evaluate and support the implementation of programs and methods aimed at promoting the mental health and wellbeing of children and parents.
• Use real-world evaluation to provide a basis for evidence-based decisions.
• Bring forth unheard voices about interventions and events and involve children, parents and users in our research.
• Employ a determinants of health framework and a health equity perspective in our research
• Do outreach, consultation, research communication and comment current events and are the natural collaboration partner for professionals, policymakers, researchers and students regarding research on children’s and parents’ mental health and wellbeing.