The case of New Public Management in Swedish substance abuse treatment

The aim of the project has been to investigate the political discussions about, and the bureaucratic handling of, Swedish drug abuse treatment during the years 2001-2015.

Explaining COVID-19 mortality among immigrants in Sweden: A social determinants of health perspective

A substantial number of spouses and offspring experience a family member with an illness while they remain working. The diagnoses of the patient reverberate in the family and cause substantial distress for the relatives.

Alcohol, drugs and tobacco constitute a major public health concern in Sweden. This project contributes with new knowledge about the extent to which the local preventive work regarding alcohol, drugs and tobacco in Sweden varies between municipalities and whether the work leads to reduced drugrelated problems.

What are the associations between the death of a family member during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of in- and out-patient psychiatric care, use of psychotropic medication, mental health related sick-leave, and attempted and completed suicides among bereaved family members?

Network that gathers junior and senior researchers working with questions concerning privatisation and competition of services provided through the municipal personal social services in the Nordic countries.

Recovered, in treatment, or dead? A 20-year follow-up of women and men in Swedish substance use treatment.

This programme offers an overall coverage of topics of immediate interest in Swedish gambling research today, based on five different work packages.

Risks of injection drug use in a Swedish context: Prevention of harms in practice according to users, treatment staff, and societal actors

Project aim: to investigate whether indicators of “effective schools” is linked to students’ school performance and psychological health, and also explore ‘contrasting contexts’ to the Swedish school setting.

Studies of Migration and Social Determinants of Health (SMASH) is a collaborative research project based at the Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University and funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) for the period 2017-2022.

Countries' political responses to covid-19 share a common goal of protecting public health, yet are highly diverse in both design and outcome. In a set of three integrated studies, the purpose of this project is to investigate how social inequalities in health have been affected by political determinants during the covid-19 pandemic.

The purpose of this project is to assess the unintended health consequences of Sweden’s parental leave policy, while addressing the interplay between parental leave use and health, both before and after childbearing.

How does it affect the children?

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