Georgina Warner
Researcher at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Social Medicine/CHAP
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 66 32
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 469 76 38
- E-mail:
- georgina.warner@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husargatan 3, Uppsala
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 Uppsala
Short presentation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7850-9136
Roles:
- Associate professor in child health and welfare
- Member of the Child Health and Parenting (CHAP) research group leadership team
- Associate Editor for Health Expectations
- Steering Committee member for the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) Sweden Hub
- Affiliated to the interdisciplinary research centre WOMHER
Keywords
- community-based interventions
- child and adolescent mental health
- womher
- randomised controlled trials
- patient and public involvement
Biography
Georgina's background is in Psychology (BA/MA, University of Cambridge; PhD, King’s College London). Prior to joining the Child Health and Parenting (CHAP) research group, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Dartington Service Design Lab and research manager at Autistica.
Research
Social Development Goals:
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Georgina's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
- SDG1: No poverty
- SDG3: Good health and well-being
- SDG10: Reduced inequalities
- SDG17: Partnerships for the goals
Current projects:
- Trauma support in your pocket (PI)
- "Safe groups" Interventions for women who have experienced migration and gender-based violence (PI)
- Preschool PPI: How can we involve preschool children in research in a meaningful way? (PI)
- Mental well-being of young people on Gotland: A research-based regional development project
- Measuring children’s wellbeing and mental health with social robots (MICRO)
- Public involvement in research - in a meaningful and ethical way
- Research meets art: Communicating research on public involvement
- Healthier Wealthier Families
- 'Together for a safe start' - An extended home visiting program in vulnerable areas

Publications
Recent publications
A Trauma Support App for Young People: Co-design and Usability Study
Part of JMIR Formative Research, 2025
- DOI for A Trauma Support App for Young People: Co-design and Usability Study
- Download full text (pdf) of A Trauma Support App for Young People: Co-design and Usability Study
Part of Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, p. 539-545, 2024
- DOI for The Cantril Ladder as a Measure of Well-Being and Life Satisfaction Among Refugee Youth Experiencing Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress
- Download full text (pdf) of The Cantril Ladder as a Measure of Well-Being and Life Satisfaction Among Refugee Youth Experiencing Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Screening for economic hardship at Child Health Care Centres: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of the Healthier Wealthier Families model in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Screening for economic hardship at Child Health Care Centres: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of the Healthier Wealthier Families model in Sweden
Part of Health Expectations, 2024
- DOI for Co‐Design Workshops to Develop a Psychosocial Support Service Model for Refugees in Sweden Affected by Gender‐Based Violence
- Download full text (pdf) of Co‐Design Workshops to Develop a Psychosocial Support Service Model for Refugees in Sweden Affected by Gender‐Based Violence
Part of Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2024
- DOI for “There is a Mental Resistance”: Experiences of Involving Refugee Parents in a Youth Trauma Recovery Program from the Perspective of Participating Youth, Parents and Facilitators
- Download full text (pdf) of “There is a Mental Resistance”: Experiences of Involving Refugee Parents in a Youth Trauma Recovery Program from the Perspective of Participating Youth, Parents and Facilitators
All publications
Articles in journal
A Trauma Support App for Young People: Co-design and Usability Study
Part of JMIR Formative Research, 2025
- DOI for A Trauma Support App for Young People: Co-design and Usability Study
- Download full text (pdf) of A Trauma Support App for Young People: Co-design and Usability Study
Part of Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, p. 539-545, 2024
- DOI for The Cantril Ladder as a Measure of Well-Being and Life Satisfaction Among Refugee Youth Experiencing Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress
- Download full text (pdf) of The Cantril Ladder as a Measure of Well-Being and Life Satisfaction Among Refugee Youth Experiencing Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Screening for economic hardship at Child Health Care Centres: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of the Healthier Wealthier Families model in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Screening for economic hardship at Child Health Care Centres: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of the Healthier Wealthier Families model in Sweden
Part of Health Expectations, 2024
- DOI for Co‐Design Workshops to Develop a Psychosocial Support Service Model for Refugees in Sweden Affected by Gender‐Based Violence
- Download full text (pdf) of Co‐Design Workshops to Develop a Psychosocial Support Service Model for Refugees in Sweden Affected by Gender‐Based Violence
Part of Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2024
- DOI for “There is a Mental Resistance”: Experiences of Involving Refugee Parents in a Youth Trauma Recovery Program from the Perspective of Participating Youth, Parents and Facilitators
- Download full text (pdf) of “There is a Mental Resistance”: Experiences of Involving Refugee Parents in a Youth Trauma Recovery Program from the Perspective of Participating Youth, Parents and Facilitators
Editorial: Break the mental health stigma: PTSD
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2024
- DOI for Editorial: Break the mental health stigma: PTSD
- Download full text (pdf) of Editorial: Break the mental health stigma: PTSD
Part of The Journal of Refugee Studies, 2023
- DOI for Standard Involvement Is Not Enough: A Mixed Method Study of Enablers and Barriers in Research Meetings with Forced Migrants
- Download full text (pdf) of Standard Involvement Is Not Enough: A Mixed Method Study of Enablers and Barriers in Research Meetings with Forced Migrants
Part of Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, p. 237-240, 2023
- DOI for Promoting an Understanding of Forced Migration Among Host Country Children and Exploring Their Views on Refugee Children’s Needs
- Download full text (pdf) of Promoting an Understanding of Forced Migration Among Host Country Children and Exploring Their Views on Refugee Children’s Needs
Part of Health Expectations, 2023
- DOI for Ameliorating epistemic injustice in practice: Communication strategies in a research project with refugee youth coresearchers
- Download full text (pdf) of Ameliorating epistemic injustice in practice: Communication strategies in a research project with refugee youth coresearchers
Part of Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2023
- DOI for Are We Ready to Really Hear the Voices of Those Concerned?: Lessons Learned from Listening to and Involving Children in Child and Family Psychology Research
- Download full text (pdf) of Are We Ready to Really Hear the Voices of Those Concerned?: Lessons Learned from Listening to and Involving Children in Child and Family Psychology Research
Part of BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2022
- DOI for Experiences of children with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: a qualitative interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Experiences of children with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: a qualitative interview study
Part of BMC Public Health, 2022
- DOI for Ameliorating Child poverty through Connecting Economic Services with child health Services (ACCESS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the healthier wealthier families model in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Ameliorating Child poverty through Connecting Economic Services with child health Services (ACCESS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the healthier wealthier families model in Sweden
Part of Internet Interventions, 2022
- DOI for Adaptation of the trauma group intervention 'Teaching Recovery Techniques' for online delivery: A participatory design and usability study
- Download full text (pdf) of Adaptation of the trauma group intervention 'Teaching Recovery Techniques' for online delivery: A participatory design and usability study
COVID-19 Information in Sweden: Opinions of Immigrants with Limited Proficiency in Swedish
Part of Health Communication, p. 1510-1519, 2022
- DOI for COVID-19 Information in Sweden: Opinions of Immigrants with Limited Proficiency in Swedish
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‘Hidden pandemic’: orphanhood and loss of caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic
Part of BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2022
- DOI for ‘Hidden pandemic’: orphanhood and loss of caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic
- Download full text (pdf) of ‘Hidden pandemic’: orphanhood and loss of caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic
Part of Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2022
- DOI for Feasibility of a randomised trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) with refugee youth: results from a pilot of the Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial (SUPpORT)
- Download full text (pdf) of Feasibility of a randomised trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) with refugee youth: results from a pilot of the Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial (SUPpORT)
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2022
- DOI for Tracking involvement over time: a longitudinal study of experiences among refugee parents involved as public contributors in health research
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Part of BMC Research Notes, 2021
- DOI for Giving schools a nudge: can behavioural insights improve recruitment of schools to randomised controlled trials?
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Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, p. 1995-1996, 2021
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2021
- DOI for Social workers’ perspectives on a medical home model for children and adolescents in out of home care: an interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Social workers’ perspectives on a medical home model for children and adolescents in out of home care: an interview study
Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
- DOI for Implementation and maintenance of a community-based intervention for refugee youth reporting symptoms of post-traumatic stress: lessons from successful sites
- Download full text (pdf) of Implementation and maintenance of a community-based intervention for refugee youth reporting symptoms of post-traumatic stress: lessons from successful sites
Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
- DOI for Readiness of Allied Professionals to Join the Mental Health Workforce: A Qualitative Evaluation of Trained Lay Trauma Counsellors' Experiences When Refugee Youth Disclose Suicidal Ideation
- Download full text (pdf) of Readiness of Allied Professionals to Join the Mental Health Workforce: A Qualitative Evaluation of Trained Lay Trauma Counsellors' Experiences When Refugee Youth Disclose Suicidal Ideation
Part of Health Expectations, 2021
- DOI for ‘I felt like a human being’: An exploratory, multi‐method study of refugee involvement in the development of mental health intervention research
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Part of Academic Psychiatry, p. 623-628, 2021
- DOI for Training Allied Professionals to Hold Mental Health Support Groups for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Can Online Education Meet the Need?
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Children's Expressions of Worry During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden
Part of Journal of Pediatric Psychology, p. 939-949, 2021
- DOI for Children's Expressions of Worry During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden
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Part of Research Involvement and Engagement, 2021
- DOI for What has the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about conducting patient and public involvement remotely?: Insights from a series of digital meeting observations
- Download full text (pdf) of What has the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about conducting patient and public involvement remotely?: Insights from a series of digital meeting observations
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2020
- DOI for Longing for a sense of belonging: Somali immigrant adolescents’ experiences of their acculturation efforts in Sweden
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Part of Trials, 2020
- DOI for Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques community-based intervention for unaccompanied refugee youth experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial; SUPpORT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
- Download full text (pdf) of Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques community-based intervention for unaccompanied refugee youth experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial; SUPpORT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Part of BMJ Open, 2020
- DOI for Evaluation of the teaching recovery techniques community-based intervention for accompanied refugee children experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Accompanied refugeeS In Sweden Trial; ASsIST): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
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“When you talk about it, something in your heart becomes lighter”
Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, p. 573-574, 2020
Part of Children and youth services review, 2020
Children want parents to ask for permission before 'sharenting'
Part of Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, p. 981-983, 2020
- DOI for Children want parents to ask for permission before 'sharenting'
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Part of Prevention Science, 2020
- DOI for The Effectiveness of a Community-Based Mentoring Program for Children Aged 5–11 Years: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Download full text (pdf) of The Effectiveness of a Community-Based Mentoring Program for Children Aged 5–11 Years: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
- DOI for "I'm a Mother Who Always Tries to Give My Children Hope": Refugee Women's Experiences of Their Children's Mental Health
- Download full text (pdf) of "I'm a Mother Who Always Tries to Give My Children Hope": Refugee Women's Experiences of Their Children's Mental Health
Part of BMC Psychology, 2018
- DOI for The effectiveness of the Inspiring Futures parenting programme in improving behavioural and emotional outcomes in primary school children with behavioural or emotional difficulties: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
- Download full text (pdf) of The effectiveness of the Inspiring Futures parenting programme in improving behavioural and emotional outcomes in primary school children with behavioural or emotional difficulties: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Part of Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, p. 150-155, 2018
- DOI for Concurrence of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire and developmental behaviour checklist among children with an intellectual disability.
- Download full text (pdf) of Concurrence of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire and developmental behaviour checklist among children with an intellectual disability.
Part of BMC Psychology, 2018
Part of Autism in Adulthood: Knowledge, Practice, and Policy., 2018
Part of Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, p. 75-82, 2017
Part of Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, p. 594-603, 2017
Evidence-based fun? (editorial)
Part of Journal of Children's Services, 2016
A place for the child's voice in children's services (editorial)
Part of Journal of Children's Services, 2016
Part of Journal of Children's Services, 2016
Part of Autism Research, p. 433-41, 2014
Articles, review/survey
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
- DOI for The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Societal Infection Control Measures on Children and Adolescents' Mental Health: A Scoping Review
- Download full text (pdf) of The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Societal Infection Control Measures on Children and Adolescents' Mental Health: A Scoping Review
Books
King's College Publications, 2014
Chapters in book
Challenging the stereotype: social-communication and behavioural problems in Down syndrome.
Part of Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 108), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015