The Salut Programme
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Anneli Ivarsson - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Eva Eurenius - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Marie Lindkvist - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Description:
In 2005, the health authorities of Region Västerbotten initiated the Salut Programme. The initiative got its name from the word “salutogenic” as the basic idea is to promote processes that give children and their parents an opportunity to increase control over their health and ability to improve it. Since 2009/2010 it is a countywide ongoing universal health promotion intervention in a variety of sectors for parents and children 0-18 years, starting already during pregnancy. The Programme has been implemented since 2006 onwards, prompted by alarming reports of child overweight/obesity and trends of increased dental caries, already during preschool age. The programme has been developed and implemented in close collaboration with antenatal care, child health care, dental services, open preschools and schools.
The Programme aims to support and strengthen initiated and ongoing health promotion interventions, and universal preventive interventions to improve health and lifestyle among expectant parents and children. The main focus areas are: to promote healthy eating habits, physical activity and g
Subject area:
HEALTH, general health and well-being, public health
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords:
health, public health, mental health, Health Services, Dental Care, Life Style, Interview, Exercise, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Child, Family, Obesity, Pregnancy, Health, Food Habits, Oral Health, Mental Health, Education, Occupations, midwives, qualitative data, quantitative data, parent participation, social networks, Delivery, Obstetric, lifestyle factors, social living conditions
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Responsible department/unit:
Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Anneli Ivarsson - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Eva Eurenius - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Marie Lindkvist - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Identifiers:
SND-ID: EXT 0082
Description:
In 2005, the health authorities of Region Västerbotten initiated the Salut Programme. The initiative got its name from the word “salutogenic” as the basic idea is to promote processes that give children and their parents an opportunity to increase control over their health and ability to improve it. Since 2009/2010 it is a countywide ongoing universal health promotion intervention in a variety of sectors for parents and children 0-18 years, starting already during pregnancy. The Programme has been implemented since 2006 onwards, prompted by alarming reports of child overweight/obesity and trends of increased dental caries, already during preschool age. The programme has been developed and implemented in close collaboration with antenatal care, child health care, dental services, open preschools and schools.
The Programme aims to support and strengthen initiated and ongoing health promotion interventions, and universal preventive interventions to improve health and lifestyle among expectant parents and children. The main focus areas are: to promote healthy eating habits, physical activity and g
Geographic spread:
Geographic location: Västerbotten County
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Population:
The population in the Salut Programme includes all children and adolescents 0-18 years in Västerbotten county and all parents-to-be during pregnancy.
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Funding:
Region Västerbotten
Umeå University
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Swedish Research Council for Heath, Workning Life and Walfare
Subject area:
HEALTH, general health and well-being, public health
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords:
health, public health, mental health, Health Services, Dental Care, Life Style, Interview, Exercise, Diet, Alcohol Drinking, Child, Family, Obesity, Pregnancy, Health, Food Habits, Oral Health, Mental Health, Education, Occupations, midwives, qualitative data, quantitative data, parent participation, social networks, Delivery, Obstetric, lifestyle factors, social living conditions
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Publications
Kristina Edvardsson, Anneli Ivarsson, Eva Eurenius, Rickard Garvare, Monica E Nyström, Rhonda Small and Ingrid Mogren. Giving offspring a healthy start: parents’ experiences of health promotion and lifestyle change during pregnancy and early parenthood. BMC Public Health 2011;11:936
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Eurenius E, Richter Sundberg L, Vaezghasemi M, Silfverdal SA, Ivarsson A, Lindkvist M. Social-emotional problems among three-year-olds differ based on the child’s gender and custody arrangement. Acta Pediatrica 2018;108:1087-95.
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Kristina Edvardsson, Marie Lindkvist, Eva Eurenius, Ingrid Mogren, Rhonda Small, Anneli Ivarsson. A poulation-based study of overweight and obesity in expectant parents: socio-demographic patterns and within-couple associations. BMC Public Health 2013:13(1):923.
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Kristina Edvardsson, Anneli Ivarsson, Rickard Garvare, Eva Eurenius, Marie Lindkvist, Ingrid Mogren, Rhonda Small, Monica E Nyström. Improving child health promotion practices in multiple sectors - outcomes of the Swedish Salut Programme. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:920.
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Pulkki Brännström AM, Lindkvist M, Eurenius E, Häggström J, Ivarsson A, Sampaio F, Feldman I. The equity impact of a universal child health promotion programme. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2020;0:1-7.
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Häggström J, Sampaio F, Eurenius E, Pulkki Brännström AM, Ivarsson A, Lindkvist M, Feldman I. Is the Salut Programme an effective and cost-effective universal health promotion intervention for parents and their children? A register-based retrospective observational study. BMJ Open 2017;7:e016732.
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Masoud Vaezghasemi, Marie Lindkvist, Anneli Ivarsson, Eva Eurenius. Overweight and lifestyle among 13 to 15 year olds: A cross-sectional study in northern Sweden. Scand J Public Health 2012;40:221–228.
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Lindqvist M, Lindkvist M, Eurenius E, Persson M, Ivarsson A, Mogren I. Leisure time physical activity among pregnant women and its associations with maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare 2016;9:14-20. Doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.03.006.
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Vaezghasemi M, Eurenius E, Ivarsson A, Richter Sundberg L, Silfverdal SA, Lindkvist M. Social-emotional problems among Swedish three-year-olds: an Item Response Theory analysis of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional BMC Pediatrics 2020;20:149.
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Kristina Edvardsson, Rickard Garvare, Eva Eurenius, Anneli Ivarsson, Ingrid Mogren och Monica Nyström. Sustainable practice change: Professionals’ experiences with a multisectoral child health promotion programme in Sweden. BMC Health Services Research 2011;11:61.
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Feldman I, Eurenius E, Häggström J, Lindkvist M, Pulkki Brännström AM, Sampaio F, Ivarsson A. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Salut Programme: a universal health promotion intervention for parents and children - protocol of a register-based retrospective observational study. BMJ Open 2016;6:e011202.
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Wilson I, Eurenius E, Lindkvist M, Edin K, Edvardsson K. Is there an association between pregnant women's experience of violence and their partner's drinking? A Swedish population-based study. Midwifery 2018;69:84-91.
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Eva Eurenius, Marie Lindkvist, Magdalena Sundkvist, Anneli Ivarsson, Ingrid Mogren. Maternal and paternal self-rated health and BMI in relation to lifestyle in early pregnancy - the Salut Programme in Sweden. Scand J Public Health 2011;39:730-41.
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Dataset 1
Health questionnaire to expectant parents
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Anneli Ivarsson - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Eva Eurenius - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Marie Lindkvist - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Description:
Expectant parents, early in pregnancy (around gestational week 11), answer a questionnaire each on self-rated health, BMI, lifestyle and life condition. It was countywide implemented in mid-2010 and onwards. Recently, the Salut Programme data have been linked, on an individual level, to data from national registers with annual data when relevant. This includes: Medical Birth Register (pregnancy, delivery and immediate postpartum), National Patient Register (inpatient and specialist outpatient
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Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Collection methodology:
Survey to expectant parents enriched with data from national registers.
Time period(s) investigated:
2010 — ongoing
Number of individuals/objects:
10000
Response rate/participation rate:
ca 65-70 %
Dataset 6
3 years old survey
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Anneli Ivarsson - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Eva Eurenius - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Marie Lindkvist - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Description:
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Collection methodology:
Survey
Time period(s) investigated:
2014 — ongoing
Number of individuals/objects:
15000
Response rate/participation rate:
ca 70 %
Dataset 8
Student Health Survey
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Anneli Ivarsson - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Eva Eurenius - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Marie Lindkvist - Umeå University, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Description:
All children attending compulsory school and upper secondary school (grades F, 4, 7 and 1 corresponding to age 6, 10, 13 and 16) in Västerbotten County are invited to participate in an ongoing school-based online survey. Since 2016/2017 the municipalities Umeå and then Skellefteå introduced the surveys incrementally. The survey includes questions about self-reported health, BMI, lifestyle and well-being at school.
The questionnaires are available in Swedish only: https://www.regionvasterbotten.
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Collection methodology:
Web-based student survey
Time period(s) investigated:
2016 — ongoing
Number of individuals/objects:
12000
Response rate/participation rate:
ca 85%