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.
Research group members standing next to each other and smile on the stairs
Last modified: 2023-02-23