The purpose of the study
The purpose of the study is to better understand how children who come to Sweden as refugees feel and what they need in order to feel good.
With this project, we also want to contribute to increased knowledge in this important area. Our goal is also to make the research relevant and accessible to everyone who meets children and young adults with a refugee background.
Who is behind the study?
The project is a collaboration between Barnafrid, Refugee Medicine Center and Save the Children Sweden and is funded by government funds from FORTE and the Joanna Cocozza Foundation. The responsible researcher is Professor Laura Korhonen and the project has been approved by the Ethical Review Board (dnr 2018/292-31, 2018/504-32, 2020-00949, 2022-05591-02 and 2019-05473).
You are welcome to contact Johan Andersson (johan.andersson@liu.se) or Isabel Lindbom (isabel.lindbom@liu.se) with any questions.
Current status
The data collection for the first part of The Long Journey has been completed. We would like to thank the children, young people and others who contributed and we are continuously updating the website with published articles of the study's results.
Are you interested in contributing to further research? We are currently looking for research subjects for the next part of the project, which is about resilience among refugee children and young people. Read more here.
