Screening accuracy and developmental language disorder remain stable between 2.5 and 3 years.

Aim: This study re-evaluated the classification accuracy of language screening. This is because the new Swedish child health programme moved this screening from 3 to 2.5 years of age.

Experiences of central child health services teams regarding a special governmental investment in child health services.

Background: Historically marked by a high infant mortality rate, Sweden's healthcare reforms have successively led to a robust, decentralized universal child health system covering over 97% of the population 0-5 years. However, inequities in health have become an increasing problem and the public health law explicitly states that health inequities should be reduced, resulting in various government initiatives. This study examines the experiences of Central Child Health Services (CCHS) teams during the implementation of the Child Health Services Accessibility Agreement between the State and the regions starting in 2017.

Co-Design Workshops to Develop a Psychosocial Support Service Model for Refugees in Sweden Affected by Gender-Based Violence.

Background: Experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) is common among refugees. Intersecting systems of oppression can increase the risk of GBV and of suffering detrimental consequences, while concurrently creating barriers to meaningful support. Despite this, refugees with lived experience of GBV are rarely involved in the development, planning and adaptation of services and policies.

Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques intervention among newcomer students in Swedish schools: a randomised controlled trial turned into a feasibility study.

Background: During recent years, Europe has faced the arrival of migrants whereof a considerable group of youth present mental health problems, such as symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Schools offer a safe environment for mental health interventions to these groups, yet there is limited research on the impact of school-based interventions addressing mental health problems in newcomer youths, especially in the Swedish context. This cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to explore the effectiveness of the Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) intervention among newcomer students with PTSD symptoms in Swedish secondary schools.

Screening for economic hardship at Child Health Care Centres: A qualitative study of stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the Healthier Wealthier Families model in Sweden.

Aims: The Healthier Wealthier Families model uses the child healthcare services as an access point to screen and connect parents experiencing economic hardship to municipal Budget and Debt Counselling services. This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of the Healthier Wealthier Families model in a Swedish context.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three stakeholder groups: eligible parents who declined (=10) and received (=9) financial counselling; nurses (=7); and financial counsellors (=5).

Holistic Study Design Following Quality by Design Approach for Fabrication of Hybrid Polymeric Nanoparticulate Based Dry Powders as Carriers for Ciprofloxacin.

Resistance to antibiotics such as Ciprofloxacin (CIP) is becoming a critical issue and needs to be addressed globally. CIP is widely used because of manifold uses; however, the long-term therapy poses serious health risks including FDA black box warnings such as tendinitis and peripheral neuropathy. Therefore, nanotechnology-based products can be an effective measure to improve therapeutic outcomes by maintaining the dose at the target site while reducing the dose-dependent toxicity.

Child behaviour is a main concern for parents of 3-year-olds.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe parental concerns about child health and behaviour and their sociodemographic predictors in 3-year-olds, in relation to the national guidelines of well-baby clinics.

Methods: The study included parents of 33 526 children in Stockholm who had completed a questionnaire prior to a routine visit to a well-baby clinic at age 3 years. Multivariate regression was used to analyse predictors for concerns.

Mental health status according to the dual-factor model in Swedish adolescents: A cross sectional study highlighting associations with stress, resilience, social status and gender.

In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to I) investigate the dual-factor model of mental health by forming and describing four participant groups and II) examine associations between mental health status and background factors, school-related factors, stress, and resilience among adolescents in a community population in Sweden. Data were collected through a survey completed by 2,208 students in lower and upper secondary school on the Swedish island of Gotland. After missing data were removed, a total of 1,833 participants were included in the study.

Preschool-level socio-economic deprivation in relation to emotional and behavioural problems among preschool children in Sweden.

Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the association between preschool-level socio-economic deprivation and emotional and behavioural problems among preschool children in Sweden using a multilevel approach.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we used data on 2267 children whose parents and preschool teachers had responded to items measuring individual-level socio-economic deprivation and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for assessment of emotional and behavioural problems. Further, the Socioeconomic Structure Compensation Index (SSCI), collected from Uppsala municipality, was used to assess preschool-level socio-economic deprivation.

Ameliorating epistemic injustice in practice: Communication strategies in a research project with refugee youth coresearchers.

Introduction: Many researchers want to include seldom involved groups, such as refugees and youth, in patient and public involvement (PPI), but experience a number of barriers. The PPI research community calls for critical evaluations that are prospective, data-based and conducted by researchers and public contributors together. In this study, we conducted a longitudinal evaluation of a core activity in all collaborations: communication strategies.

Promoting positive development among refugee adolescents.

Of the estimated 35.3 million refugees around the world (UNHCR, Figures at a Glance, 2022), approximately 50% are children under the age of 18. Refugee adolescents represent a unique group as they navigate developmental tasks in an unstable and often threatening environment or in resettlement contexts in which they often face marginalization.

Are We Ready to Really Hear the Voices of Those Concerned? Lessons Learned from Listening to and Involving Children in Child and Family Psychology Research.

A changing view of children, accelerated by the Convention of the Rights of the Child (UN in Convention on the rights of the child, UN Doc. A/RES/44/25, 1989, http://www2.ohchr.

Training non-specialists in teaching recovery techniques (TRT) to help traumatised children in humanitarian settings: a qualitative analysis of experiences gained from 20 years of practice.

Background: Although several manuals and guidelines have been developed to enhance the quality of task-sharing interventions, it remains challenging to train non-professional personnel in mental health and psychosocial support. Practitioners must translate general recommendations into practical applications to make them relevant in demanding contexts. However, limited research exists on practical experiences with standardised programmes in the field.

Perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic as demonstrated in drawings of Swedish children aged 4-6 years.

Aim: To explore the perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, as expressed in the drawings of Swedish children aged 4-6 years.

Methods: We analysed 91 drawings with associated descriptions submitted to the Swedish Archive of Children's Art from April 2020 to February 2021.

Results: The visual and text analysis resulted in three themes.

Associations between social factors and school belonging among newcomer and non-newcomer youth in Sweden.

Feeling a sense of belonging at school is associated with important positive outcomes for youth and requires youth to engage in positive social relationships. Yet there is a limited understanding of the social factors most associated with youths' school belonging and limited evidence about whether correlates of school belonging vary for marginalized groups like newcomers compared to majority groups. Sweden provides an important context for investigation of these issues because, over the past two decades, the country has experienced an influx of asylum seekers and educational reforms that have altered the composition and functioning of Swedish secondary schools.

Adolescent co-researchers identified the central role of social media for young people during the pandemic.

Aim: To test the method of engaging co-researcher adolescents in data collection and explore stated motives for their selection of social media material related to COVID-19.

Methods: Twenty-three adolescents, 13-19-years old, in Sweden participated as co-researchers collecting material from their social media related to COVID-19. Specifically, they motivated their selection of social media material in field notes.

Ameliorating Child poverty through Connecting Economic Services with child health Services (ACCESS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the healthier wealthier families model in Sweden.

Background: Sweden is often held up as an example of a country with low child deprivation; yet, rates of relative deprivation are rising. Every municipality in Sweden is required to provide free, timely and accessible budget and debt counselling under the Social Services Act. The services have been encouraged to perform preventative practice with families; however, this has not been realised.

'Feeling down one evening doesn't count as having mental health problems'-Swedish adolescents' conceptual views of mental health.

Aims: To explore Swedish adolescents' conceptual views of mental health and mental health problems.

Design: A qualitative descriptive study design.

Methods: Semi-structured focus group interviews and individual interviews were conducted with, in total, 32 Swedish adolescents (15-18 years old) in October-November 2020.

Rainbows over the world's public health: determinants of health models in the past, present, and future.

The need to visualise the complexity of the determinants of population health and their interactions inspired the development of the rainbow model. In this commentary we chronicle how variations of this model have emerged, including the initial models of Haglund and Svanström (1982), Dahlgren and Whitehead (1991), and the Östgöta model (2014), and we illustrate how these models have been influential in both public health and beyond. All these models have strong Nordic connections and are thus an important Nordic contribution to public health.

Experiences of children with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: a qualitative interview study.

Background: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with disabilities has been described as a 'triple jeopardy'. Not only have they experienced the negative social impacts of disease control measures, but access to required health services has been affected, and, not least, they are at increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. This study aimed to determine how children with disabilities have experienced the pandemic in Sweden and its impact on their lives.

Tracking involvement over time: a longitudinal study of experiences among refugee parents involved as public contributors in health research.

Purpose: Patient and public involvement (PPI) is becoming more common in research, but has been problematized for lack of diversity. While PPI literature increasingly focuses on assessment of PPI on research, a focus on the contributors is less common. This study tracked the experiences of involvement among four refugee parents involved as public contributors in a child mental health trial, over three years.

Multicountry review: developmental surveillance, assessment and care by outpatient paediatricians.

Background: Care of young children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) is a major component of paediatric outpatient practice. However, cross-country practice reviews to date have been limited, and available data demonstrate missed opportunities for early identification, particularly in vulnerable population subgroups.

Methods: Multicountry review of national paediatric body guidance related to developmental surveillance, early identification and early childhood intervention together with review of outpatient paediatrician practices for developmental assessment of children aged 0-5 years with/at risk of NDDs.