Child & Adolescent Public health Research & Innovation

We stand for innovative, high-quality, and socially relevant research that contributes to the healthy upbringing of our youth.

Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw

Section Chair

Our Mission & Vision

Het onderzoek van de onderzoekslijn Child & Adolescent Public health Research & Innovation (CAPRI) valt onder de afdeling Public and Occupational Health van Amsterdam UMC en wordt uitgevoerd binnen het Amsterdam Public Health research institute.

Youth grows up happy

CAPRI conducts scientific research that contributes to optimal opportunities for the healthy and happy growing up of young people; from -9 months to 19 years.

Connection between research & practice

Together with JGZ organisations, we form the Academic Workshop for CAPRI. We conduct research in and together with practice.

Multidisciplinary, innovative, social research

Our research is multidisciplinary, innovative and socially relevant and ranges from risk factors to health effects and from development to evaluation of intervention programs.

Constant innovation

We continue to develop to remain distinctive and innovative.

New publications

 
Youth-centred participatory action approach towards co-created implementation of socially and physically activating environmental interventions in Africa and Europe: the YoPA project study protocol.

Chinapaw MJM, Klaufus LH, Oyeyemi AL, Draper C, Palmeira AL, Silva MN, Van Belle S, Pawlowski CS, Schipperijn J, Altenburg TM. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 21;14(2):e084657. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084657.

Untangling the complex implementation process of community-based health promotion: a multiple-case study in the Netherlands.

Huiberts I, Singh A, Collard D, Hendriks M, van Lenthe FJ, Chinapaw M. Health Promot Int. 2024 Feb 1;39(1):daae005. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daae005.

Cost-effectiveness of reducing children’s sedentary time and increasing physical activity at school: the Transform-Us! intervention.

Brown V, Sheppard L, Salmon J, Arundell L, Cerin E, Ridgers ND, Hesketh KD, Daly RM, Dunstan DW, Brown H, Gatta JD, Chinapaw JMM, Moodie M.  Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2024 Feb 12;21(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s12966-024-01560-3.

Percepties van discriminatie en diversiteit op het werk binnen het Amsterdam Public Health research institute.

Anselma, M., Altenburg, T., Motazedi, E. et al. TSG Tijdschr Gezondheidswet (2023). doi: 10.1007/s12508-023-00415-9  

Inter-rater reliability of the ‘Tool for assessing determinants of health in public space’ in a co-creative urban design process with care home residents in Barcelona: a Health CASCADE study.

Zapata-Restrepo JR, Longworth GR, Chin-A-Paw JMM, Dall P, Skelton DA, Morejón Torné S, Giné-Garriga, M. Cities & Health, 2023 Dec. doi: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2286724