Child-Centered Health Dialog

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 10 March 2020

Illustrations about food — 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) in Child Health Services (CHS) aiming to promote a healthy lifestyle in families and prevent overweight and obesity in preschool children.

The researcher involved in the project are Mariette Derwig, pediatrician and doctoral student, under the supervision of Professor Inger Kristensson Hallström.

Child Centered Health Dialog means a structured dialogue between the nurse and the child in presence of its parents using eight illustrations based on the most important modifiable feeding and related practices associated with overweight or obesity in preschool children.

So far, two studies have been published within the project.
Read the studies in the links below:

1: Child-Centred Health Dialogue for primary prevention of obesity in Child Health Services – a feasibility study
2: Parents' experiences of a health dialogue in the child health services: a qualitative study