The prevalence of overweight among 4-year-olds during and after the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with socioeconomic burden.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of overweight among Swedish 4 year olds in 2018, 2020 and 2022, taking socioeconomic variables into account.

Methods: Aggregated regional data on children's body mass index were collected. The socioeconomic Care Need Index (CNI), foreign background, low education, being a single parent, low income and childhood poverty, were assessed.

eHealth usage among parents to premature or surgically treated neonates: associations with eHealth literacy, healthcare satisfaction or satisfaction with an eHealth device.

Background: A specific eHealth device, a surf tablet, was developed for bridging between advanced in-hospital care and children's homes. Since little is known about determinators for parental eHealth usage, the study's aim was to explore if parents' usage of the device was associated with their eHealth literacy, or their satisfaction with their child's healthcare or with the specific surf tablet.

Methods: In this explorative usage and questionnaire study, parents to neonates who were discharged home after advanced in-hospital care were included.

Parents' recalled experiences of the child centred health dialogue in children with overweight: a qualitative study.

Background: Because overweight and obesity are still increasing and prevention of childhood obesity is more likely to be effective when initiated in preschool children, the Child Health Service in the south of Sweden developed a structured child-centred health dialogue model targeting all 4-year-old children and their families. The aim of this study was to describe parents' recalled experiences of this health dialogue in children with overweight.

Methods: A qualitative inductive approach with purposeful sampling was used.

Changes in perceived parental self-efficacy after a Child-Centred Health Dialogue about preventing obesity.

Aim: This randomised controlled trial evaluated changes in parental self-efficacy and children's weight, after a Child-Centred Health Dialogue about preventing obesity.

Methods: We randomly assigned 37 Child Health Centres in Skåne county Sweden to provide usual care or the dialogue intervention. They included centres from high and low socioeconomic areas.

A child-centered health dialogue for the prevention of obesity in child health services in Sweden - A randomized controlled trial including an economic evaluation.

Background: Prevention of child obesity is an international public health priority and believed to be effective when started in early childhood. Caregivers often ask for an early and structured response from health professionals when their child is identified with overweight, yet cost-effective interventions for children aged 2-6 years and their caregivers in Child Health Services are lacking.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects and cost-effectiveness of a child-centered health dialogue in the Child Health Services in Sweden on 4-year-old children with normal weight and overweight.

A challenging balancing act to engage children and their families in a healthy lifestyle - Nurses' experiences of child-centred health dialogue in child health services in Sweden.

Aims And Objectives: To describe nurses' experiences of a child-centred family guided intervention of obesity tested within the child health services targeting children identified with overweight and their caregivers.

Background: Interventions aiming to support families towards a healthier lifestyle can lead to decreased risk of overweight evolving into obesity in a child. At the same time, nurses have found dialogues on weight challenging and may therefore avoid them.

Elucidating the child's perspective in health promotion: children's experiences of child-centred health dialogue in Sweden.

Promoting young children's health through health promotion activities is an investment for the future. In the Child Health Services in the south of Sweden a structured Child-Centred Health Dialogue (CCHD) directed to all 4-year-old children was developed using illustrations based on the most important health messages associated with the promotion of healthy lifestyle in preschool children. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of children participating in CCHD using 21 non-participant observations during their 4-year health visit and additionally 16 individual interviews 0-7 days after their visit, conducted in the child's home in the presence of a caregiver.

Child-Centred Health Dialogue for primary prevention of obesity in Child Health Services - a feasibility study.

The aim of this study was to test a Child-Centred Health Dialogue model for primary prevention of obesity for 4-year-old children in Child Health Services, for its feasibility and the responsiveness of its outcomes. A feasibility study was set up with a non-randomised quasi-experimental cluster design comparing usual care with a structured multicomponent Child-Centred Health Dialogue consisting of two parts: (1) a universal part directed to all children and (2) a targeted part for families where the child is identified with overweight. In total, 203 children participated in Child-Centred Health Dialogue while 582 children received usual care.

Parents' experiences of a health dialogue in the child health services: a qualitative study.

Background: The Child Health Services in Sweden is a well-attended health promoting setting, and thereby has an important role in promoting healthy living habits in families with young children. Due to lack of national recommendations for health dialogues, a Child Centred Health Dialogue (CCHD) model was developed and tested in two Swedish municipalities. The aim of this study was to explore parents' experiences of health dialogues based on the CCHD model focusing on food and eating habits during the scheduled child health visit at four years of age.