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Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder for which there are limited treatment options, and it has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric diagnosis. A pilot study is now underway at Lund University in Sweden, where researchers are investigating whether psychedelic drugs have an effect on young patients with the disorder. Ward Five at the adult psychiatric clinic in Lund is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/psychedelics-treatment-anorexia-new-pilot-study - 2025-10-02

Many might assume that we are powerless in the face of ongoing sea-level rise, and that the risk of flooding is inevitable near the coast. However, how governments choose to develop coastal regions is affecting exposure to flooding more than climate threats, according to a new study. The research analyses flood risk scenarios in China’s coastal zone from 2020 all the way until 2100. Across the wor

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/21st-century-flood-risk-affected-more-policy-climate-threats - 2025-10-03

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the immune system’s ability to kill the cancer cells in laboratory trials and in mice. The discovery is published in Nature Cancer. In brief:Facts about the study: peer-r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-mechanism-revealed-how-leukemia-cells-trick-immune-system - 2025-10-03

Published 26 September 2022 Melkamu Merid Mengesha is an Assistant Professor at Arba Minch University in Ethiopia. He is also a prospective doctoral student in the research group Child and Family Health, with supervisors Cecilia Follin, Inger Kristensson Hallström and Degu Jerene. In August he visited the research group at the Department of Health Sciences in Lund. What is your academic background

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/melkamu-merid-mengesha-prospective-doctoral-student - 2024-06-25

Published 10 November 2022 Inger Kristensson Hallström. Inger Kristensson Hallström, Professor of Paediatric Nursing and head of the Child and Family Health research group, has shared her expertise at an international congress on child and adolescent health. The congress was held on 27-28 October at the University of Minho in Portugal and brought together researchers, academics, nurses, health pro

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/sharing-her-expertise-child-and-adolescent-health - 2024-06-25

Published 1 December 2022 Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Assistant Professor at Arba Minch University in Ethiopia Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Assistant Professor at Arba Minch University in Ethiopia, is a prospective doctoral student in the research group Child and Family Health. On November 10, his article on Antiretroviral therapy non-adherence among children living with HIV in Ethiopia, was published. You

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/antiretroviral-therapy-non-adherence-among-children-living-hiv-ethiopia - 2024-06-25

Published 22 August 2022 New article: Access to health care perceived by parents caring for their child at home supported by eHealth – a directed approach introducing aperture Abstract Background In recent years a variety of eHealth solutions has been introduced to enhance efficiency and to empower patients, leading to a more accessible and equitable health care system. Within pediatric care eHeal

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/good-access-ehealth-supported-health-care-parents-experiences - 2024-06-25

Published 6 September 2022 New article: eHealth literacy and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of parents of children needing paediatric surgery in Sweden. Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to describe different eHealth literacy domains among parents of children needing paediatric surgery in Sweden, and the correlation between these eHealth literacy domains and parents' socioeconom

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/adequate-ehealth-literacy-among-parents-children-needing-paediatric-surgery-sweden - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 21 December 2023 Melkamu Merid Mengesha at the Faculty of Medicine in Lund. Introduction to Research Methodology was on the agenda when doctoral student Melkamu Merid Mengesha, from Arba Minch in Ethiopia, visited the research group Child and Family Health in Lund, Sweden. Tell us about your visit– I took my first course, 

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/visiting-research-group-grateful-support-and-guidance - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 19 December 2019 On 28-29 November, the research group Child and Family Health organized a scientific symposium with focus on child-centered care and e-health. The symposium marked the end of the 6-year research program LUC3 and the start of the new research program eChildHealth. Since 2013, research has been conducted in

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/symposium-focus-child - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 16 January 2020 Angela Afua Quaye, Inger Kristensson Hallström Doctoral student Angela Afua Quaye and supervisor Inger Kristensson Hallström from the research group Child and Family Health have received 1 million SEK from Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund, for research on child-centered care. The research project has its backg

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/new-funds-research-child-centered-care - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 29 January 2020 Charlotte Castor Charlotte Castor is a doctor of medical science at Lund University and part of the research group Child and Family Health. Since her dissertation in September 2019, her research on Home Care Services for Sick Children has been highlighted in several magazines. Advanced medical home care, AS

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/research-home-care-services-sick-children-highlighted-several-magazines - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 7 February 2020 Inger Kristensson Hallström Inger Kristensson Hallström, professor and head of research for the research group Child and Family Health, has shared her views on children's rights in health care, in an article in the Swedish magazine Vårdfokus. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, or UNCR

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/childrens-rights-health-care - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 21 February 2020 Gudrún Kristjánsdóttir is a professor of pediatric nursing at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik. During three months in the spring of 2020, she is also a visiting professor in the research group Child and Family Health, at Lund University. Gudrún Kristjánsdóttir has for many years collaborated with th

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/gudrun-kristjansdottir-visiting-professor - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 10 March 2020 In the research project, the nurse uses playful illustrations, to involve the child in the health dialog about living habits and overweight. Illustration: Carin Carlsson. In an ongoing project from the research group Child and Family Health, researchers evaluates a model of Child-Centered Health Dialog (CCHD)

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/child-centered-health-dialog - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 26 March 2020 Charlotte Castor at the 6th National Conference in Palliative Care in Östersund. Charlotte Castor, doctor of medical science in the research group Child and Family Health, shared her research at the 6th National Conference in Palliative Care in Östersund. During three intense days, March 10-12, Charlotte Cast

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/conference-palliative-care - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 17 June 2020 Abayneh Tanga. Abayneh Tunje Tanga from Arba Minch in Ethiopia, is a PhD student in the research group Child and Family Health. As part of the eChildHealth research program, he will work to improve treatment outcomes among adolescents with HIV, in Ethiopia. Tell us about your research.  The purpose of my PhD p

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/abayneh-tunje-tanga-phd-student - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 3 September 2020 In the Child-Centred Health Dialogue, educational and playful illustrations about a troll is used to engage the child. Illustration: Carin Carlsson, Ritbolaget. In the Child Health Services in the south of Sweden a structured Child-Centred Health Dialogue directed to 4-year-old children was developed using

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/child-centred-health-dialogue - 2024-06-25

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 8 October 2020 Scientific Workshop in Ängelholm. On 1-2 October, researchers from the research group Child and Family Health and the research program eChildHealth, gathered for a scientific workshop in Ängelholm. The research group Child and Family Health conducts research in the fields of paediatric nursing and care with

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/scientific-workshop-angelholm - 2024-06-25

Published 4 December 2020 Inger Kristensson Hallström, Charlotte Castor and Angela Afua Quaye from the research group Child and Family Health, have participated in an international project to document how children experience the current pandemic. Children's drawings, stories and poems have been compiled in a digital book that is now available for download. Fifty-five children from 17 different cou

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/childrens-experiences-corona-pandemic - 2024-06-25