The research group Heifa (Health and quality of life in a Family Perspective) - a family centered approach to children’s’ and adolescents’ health
Heifa’s main goal is to be a leading research group for improving health-related quality of life, health literacy, and coping in children, adolescents and parents through research, clinical development, and interventions. The research group is interdisciplinary, and many of our projects are conducted collaboration with the municipalities of Agder. We also have a wide national and international network with collaborative projects in several countries.
Our objectives are:
- Contribute to knowledge-based/scientific service development, evaluation, and implementation in collaboration with primary- and secondary healthcare services.
- Be a prominent contributor in the dissemination of research on the health of children and adolescents in various contexts and cultures.
- Involve children, adolescents, parents, and users in our projects.
- Be a resurce group in the study of pain, use of pain medication and copinge with pain in children and adolescents
- Contribute to development of health technology aimed at promoting the health of children, adolescents, and families.
- Illuminate the socioeconomic consequences of positively influencing on the health of children and adolescents.
- Communicate our research to the public and actively participate in public discourse.
- Be a resource group in the field of qualitative research methodologies, quality-of-life, health literacy research, and systematic literature reviews.
Projects
- Starting Right
- New Patterns
- ICanCope with Pain
- Start Young
- Womens health and working life
- OPAL, optimizing parental Health literacy
- YoungData
- Social inclusion and use of digital technolog
- Sleep in parents of premature children
- OrChid: Oral health care services for Children victims of violence and sexual abuse
- A non-separation approach for very preterm infants in the delivery room: D
- Dental health care services for children and adolescents exposed to maltreatment - a project from the Norwegian Children`s House in Kristiansand
- Fathers’ role in pediatric palliative care
- Learning activity for nursing students who are learning pre- and postoperative nursing
- LetsGo (Lifestyle and Empowerment Techniques in Survivorship of Gynecologic Oncology)
- Community work in Tanzania
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Publications
Research partners
National:
Unni Mette Köpp, MD, PhD (Sørlandet hospital)
Siv Skarstein, OsloMet
Borghild Løyland, OsloMet
Kirsti Riiser, OsloMet
International:
Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Randers Regional Hospital, Denmark
Sandra Nolte, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Richard Osborne, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Jennifer Stinson, SickKids Hospital, and University of Toronto, Canada
Inger Hallström, Lund University, Sweden
Kajsa Landgren, Lund University, Sweden
Gudrun Kristjansdottir, Reykjavik University, Island
Ruth Nesje, Tanga International Competence Center (TICC), Tanga, Tanzania
Mercy Chiduo, MC (National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania)
Phil Wilson, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Relevant PhD Programme
Members in the group
Participants
- Liv Fegran
- Sølvi Helseth
- Kristin Haraldstad
- Berit Johannessen
- Per Christer Thomas Westergren
- Marianne Sjuls
- Gunhild Nordbø Marthinsen
- Hilde Elisabeth Timenes Mikkelsen
- Lisbeth Jensen Gallefoss
- Eirin Mølland
- Eirik Abildsnes
- Mario Vianna Vettore
- Eva Mari Andreasen
- Eva-Grethe Befus
- Katrine Håkstad
- Lars Erik Robstad
- Anita Paulsen
- Marianne Gjellestad
- Migle Helmersen
- Anne Marit Føreland
- Gudrun Elin Rohde
Associate members
Unni Mette Köpp, BUA, Sørlandet Hospital
Åshild Tellefsen Haaland, SSHF, ABUP
Jennifer Stinson, SickKids hospital, Toronto Canada
Sandra Nolte, University of Melbourne, Australia
Philip Wilson, University of Aberdeen
Mette Spliid Rasmussen, Aarhus University
Kirsti Riiser, OsloMet
Students in the group
Masterstudents: