The Development and Research Centre for Maternity and Child Health Care

The Development and Research Centre for Maternity and Child Health Care was established in spring 2002 financed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The centre is situated in The National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health.

The National Public Health Institute (KTL) and the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) join forces to form the National Institute for Health and Welfare.

Contact details as from 1 January 2009:
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Tel. +358 20 610 6000
Postal address: P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: firstname.lastname@thl.fi
www.thl.fi

Aims

The aims are
1) to enhance the know-how of professionals working in the maternity and child health care,
2) to develop and evaluate new family-centered and multi-professional ways of working and
3) to gather, summarize and further disseminate information about client families and maternity and child health care. The activities of the centre are based on the above-mentioned aims.

Target groups and collaborators

The target groups are professionals and managers working in maternity and child health care clinics, teachers, students and researchers in health care and other related disciplines, and client families.

The primary collaborators are educational and health care organizations, client families, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health,the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, KTL - National Public Health Institute and the third sector. The Centre` s personnel consist of the Research Director and the Senior PlanningOfficer.

Maternity and childrens health care in Finland Virtual Finland.

Contact information

Research Director
Tuovi Hakulinen-Viitanen, Ph.D, Adjunct Professor
Street address: Lintulahdenkuja 4, FI-00271 Helsinki Mail address:P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland Mobile phone: +358 20 610 7109 Email:firstname.lastname@thl.fi