Healthier Wealthier Families (HWF)
Despite the fact that Swedish household have experienced an improved general economic standard, this is not true for all families and households. There are today large differences between socioeconomic groups.
Details
- Period: 2020-01-01 – 2025-06-30
- Funder: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
- Type of funding: Applied Welfare Planning Grant; Applied Welfare Project Grant
Description
The purpose of the study is to test a new way of work, where services that meet parents with children aged 0-5 years ask questions about finances to visiting parents. If the parents experience financial difficulty, or face a risk of financial difficulty, they can receive support. Through Healthier Wealthier Families, parents can get in contact with the free municipal financial counselling service in their municipality. The goal of the study is to test a more preventative way of work, to reduce the number of children living in families who experiencing financial difficulties.
On this website, we will share information about the work with the study.
Publications
- Johansson N, Warner G, Avogadri N, Sarkadi A. 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. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2024;53(4):406-412. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241252227
- Johansson, N., Sarkadi, A., Isaksson, D. et al. Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of Healthier Wealthier Families in Sweden: results from the Ameliorating Child poverty through Connecting Economic Services with child health Services (ACCESS) pilot study. BMC Health Serv Res 25, 1561 (2025). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13753-y
Dissertation:
Contact
Contact the research assistant Antonia Tökés regarding this study!
Page for parents and study participants
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Page for regional and municipal services
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Responsible researchers
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The BDC Study
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