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.
Our team
New publications
24-hour movement behaviours in the early years, potential behavioural determinants and prospective associations with growth, motor and social-emotional development: the My Little Moves study protocol.
Altenburg TM, Gubbels JS, Arts J, Lettink A, Veldman S, Verhoeff A, Chinapaw M. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 22;14(10):e081836. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081836. PMID: 39438091.
Children’s perspectives on health and wellbeing: A concept mapping study.
Fortuin, B., Chinapaw, M., Verlinden, E., Brons, A., Kösters, M., & Hoogsteder, M. (2024). Journal Of Pediatric Nursing, 79, 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2024.09.005
Challenges and Future Directions for Promoting Intersectional Quantitative Studies in Physical Activity Research.
Sone, M., Altenburg, T. M., & ChinAPaw, M. J. (2024). Journal of Physical Activity and Health. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0480
Uncovering the key working mechanisms of a complex community-based obesity prevention programme in the Netherlands using ripple effects mapping.
Huiberts, I., Collard, D., Singh, A. et al. Health Res Policy Sys 22, 122 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01182-y
General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants.
Zhou, B., Bennett, J. E., Wickham, A. P., Singleton, R. K., Mishra, A., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Ikeda, N., Jain, L., Barradas-Pires, A., Heap, R. A., Lhoste, V. P., Sheffer, K. E., Phelps, N. H., Rayner, A. W., Gregg, E. W., Woodward, M., Stevens, G. A., Iurilli, M. L., Danaei, G., . . . Ezzati, M. (2024). The Lancet, 404(10455), 851–863. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01405-3
Facilitating co-research: lessons learned from reflection forms within three participatory action research projects.
Emke, H., Vandendriessche, A., Chinapaw, M. et al. Health Res Policy Sys 22, 117 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01210-x
Development and evaluation of the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to deliver Physical Activity in School Scale (COM-PASS).
Verdonschot, A., Beauchamp, M.R., Brusseau, T.A. et al.Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 21, 93 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01640-4
Enriching the evidence base of co-creation research in public health with methodological principles of critical realism.
Messiha, K., Altenburg, T. M., Schreier, M., Longworth, G. R., Thomas, N., Chastin, S., & Chinapaw, M. J. M. (2024). Critical Public Health, 34(1), 1–19. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2024.2371323
Applying systems thinking in youth-centred participatory action research for health promotion in an underserved neighbourhood.
Emke H, Altenburg T, Dijkstra C, Pinzon AL, Stronks K, Waterlander W, Kremers S, Chinapaw M. Front Public Health. 2024 Jun 3;12:1272663. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1272663.
Stap voor stap naar een gezonde leefomgeving voor kinderen en jongeren: Lessen uit de JOGG-aanpak.
Huiberts I, Collard D, Singh S, van Lenthe F, Chin A Paw M. Mulier Instituut. 19 maart 2024.
The cross-sectional association of parental psychosocial status with children’s Body Mass Index z-score and the mediating role of children’s energy balance behaviors – the ABCD Study.
Overman ML, Vrijkotte T, Sánchez Castro YM, Harskamp-van Ginkel MW, Hunsberger M, Renders CM, Kremers SPJ, Chinapaw MJM. PLoS One. 2024 Apr 29;19(4):e0302147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302147.
Perspectives of refugee parents and unaccompanied minors on initial health assessment and access to care.
Baauw A, Brouwers CFS, Afshar SF, van Goudoever JB, Chinapaw MJM, Hoogsteder MHH. Eur J Pediatr. 2024 Apr 9. doi: 10.1007/s00431-024-05523-5.
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.