The DAGIS Salo study was conducted in the primary schools in the municipality of Salo during the school year 2023-2024. All pupils from grades 3 to 6 and their families, as well as school staff were invited to participate in the study. DAGIS Salo is a follow-up study for DAGIS intervention, a study conducted in preschools in 2017-2018, aiming to promote families’ healthy lifestyles and children’s selfregulation skills. The study is a joint project between Folkhälsan Research Centre, University of Helsinki and University of Eastern Finland. The study is funded by Academy of Finland, Juho Vainio Foundation and Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.

Study aims
The goal of the DAGIS Salo study is to gain valuable new information on how the early childhood environment and the current environment affect the health, well-being and learning of school children. We collected information on the home and school environment and how they affect children’s lifestyle, weight, ability to self-regulate, learning and recovery from stress.

The information can be used in the future to promote children’s health in Salo municipality and in Finland. The scientific publications will be found on our website.

The questionnaires used in the study can be found here (also in English).

Data protection and contact information
The DAGIS data protection statement can be found here. If you have any questions about the DAGIS Salo study please contact the research team at dagis@folkhalsan.fi