Health Promotion and Public Health

DAGIS – Increased Health and Wellbeing in Children, Families and Educational Settings

The DAGIS project focuses on socioeconomic differences in children’s health, health behaviours and wellbeing and how they are influenced by factors in early childhood education, at school and at home.

Health promoting environments

Promoting health is a crucial goal in Finnish health policy. This research project aims to strengthen research in health promotion and focuses on the influence of the environment on health and health behaviour, with a special emphasis on social, cultural and empowerment-enabling factors.

Movement, outdoor learning and well-being at school

The LärMiljö (Learning Environment) study aims to explore the use of outdoor education in primary schools in Finland and its association with students’ learning, physical activity, health and wellbeing as well as nature connectedness.

Nature Exposure and Children’s Health and Wellbeing

The Naturkraft (eng. Empowered by nature) research project focuses on the positive impact of nature visits on children’s health and wellbeing, such as physical activity and sleep. The project also investigates the relationship between nature visits and children's nature connectedness .

SUNRISE Finland

The SUNRISE Finland study is part of an international SUNRISE study, which aims to globally monitor the World Health Organization Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children in the early years.