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New research project on parental alcohol use disorder and out-of-home care placement of children

A new research initiative from Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet has been launched to explore how parental alcohol use disorders are associated with children entering out-of-home care (OHC). The project, titled “The intersection of parental alcohol use disorders and child welfare” has been awarded 200,000 SEK by Systembolagets Alkoholforskningsråd.

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SWIFT90 – a register cohort over people born in Sweden in the 1990s

Viviane S. Straatmann, Associate Professor and Researcher at the Department of Public Helth Sciences at Stockholm University and your colleagues have just published a cohort profile of the Swedish Families born in the 1990’s (SWIFT90). SWIFT90 is a population-based national register cohort that follows everyone born in Sweden between 1990 and 1999, their parents and siblings.

Viviane Schultz Straatmann
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Large Grant Awarded for Research on Children in Out-of-Home Care

How does family reunification affect the healthcare of children placed in out-of-home care (OHC)? Is returning to their biological families always in the child’s best interest? These are key questions that a new research project at Stockholm University will explore, thanks to nearly 5 million SEK in funding from Forte (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare).

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Department of Public Health Sciences

The Swedish intoxication policy – One hundred years of knowledge, ignorance and counter-knowledge

On Wednesday 12 February, researchers Lena Eriksson, Johan Edman, Katarina Winter and Helena Bergman will hold a seminar in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University's series of external seminars, PHS Talks. They will talk about their new book ”Den svenska berusningspolitiken – Hundra år av kunskap, okunskap och motkunskap” (The Swedish intoxication policy – One hundred years of knowledge, ignorance and counter-knowledge).

Department of Public Health Sciences

The Swedish intoxication policy – One hundred years of knowledge, ignorance and counter-knowledge

On Wednesday 12 February, researchers Lena Eriksson, Johan Edman, Katarina Winter and Helena Bergman will hold a seminar in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University's series of external seminars, PHS Talks. They will talk about their new book ”Den svenska berusningspolitiken – Hundra år av kunskap, okunskap och motkunskap” (The Swedish intoxication policy – One hundred years of knowledge, ignorance and counter-knowledge).

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