Research Platform for Collaboration for Health

The Research Platform for Collaboration for Health was established in 2003 and is a unique collaboration between Kristianstad University, the country council Region Skåne and seven municipalities in the northeast area of Skåne.

Vision

Our vision is to provide research with the aim to develop knowledge to meet future challenges and to provide opportunities for person-centred care and possibilities to increase health and wellbeing for citizens with a special focus on:

  • Development of preventive and health promoting efforts
  • Patient-safe and resource-efficient care and service, across organizational boundaries
  • Development of new and innovative solutions
  • Research utilisation and public outreach

Research

The research is characterized by a close collaboration between researchers from different fields, public actors and stakeholders, which increases the possibility to implement research results in everyday practice and to establish sustainability. The research has a strong focus on user participation throughout the entire research process.

The platform is hosting approximately ten different multidisciplinary research projects, engaging about 25 researchers and eleven doctoral students in the field of nursing, health sciences, occupational health, medicine, social work and psychology.

The projects embraces different groups; from children to older people, and with different focus, such as preventive home visits, person-centred leadership, sleep, media habits, and lifestyle among adolescents.

The Research platform offers a great variety of possibilities

There are many advantages for those being involved in the platform:

  • Being partners in an arena for research and development in health care
  • Get access to a wide network of researchers and organizations
  • Participate in workshops, seminars and public lectures
  • Funding of research projects
  • Administrative support

The research should be permeated of high awareness of principles of research and researcher ethics and aspects of diversity and gender equality.

How to become a co-worker at the research platform

Those being employed by Kristianstad University, Region Skåne or by the municipalities in the northeast area of Skåne are most welcome to submit ideas for research projects, while only senior researchers at Kristianstad University can apply for funding of projects.