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This article is based on an evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CAC) in six municipalities in Sweden 2006Sweden -2007. The study concerned cooperation between different authorities (police, social services, public prosecutor, forensic medicine, pediatrics and child psychiatry) responsible for children who were suspected of being exposed to sexual or physical abuse. It is anticipated that use of CACs will improve the quality of investigations and that the legal process should thus be facilitated and rendered more effective. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 12 children and 22 parents at the different centers. Interviews included their experiences regarding the place and the premises, the treatment, earlier contacts with professionals, information and access to treatment and support. The results show that both children and parents appreciated the child-friendly and safe environment and the kind treatment by the staff. Information from the professionals was of crucial importance. The different processes taking place in connection with interrogation and assessments were potentially (at times) difficult to understand. It was at times difficult for the professional actors to take both the children's, the parents' and the families' perspectives into consideration especially in relation to the suspected offenders. Voices from children and parents have contributed to deepened understanding about the complexity in applying a child-centered approach and a child perspective within the domain of child protection. The evaluation generated important knowledge with implications for practice and further development of Children's advocacy centers.

Artikeln presenterar två kvalitativa studier som fokuserat barns användning av och relation till platserutomhus utifrån barns perspektiv. Studierna genomfördes vid olika tidpunkter, i mitten av 1990-taletoch under åren 2008–2009, med barn i ungefär samma åldrar (9–11 år), med liknande metoder och isnarlika typer av bostadsmiljöer, men i två olika svenska städer. Teoretiska utgångspunkter hämtasfrån barndomssociologin samt barndomsgeografins definitioner av begreppen rum och plats. Syftet äratt undersöka betydelsen av platser utomhus för barn i de båda studierna utifrån frågorna: hur använder och resonerar barn om platser i sin boendemiljö, och vilka likheter och skillnader finns? Gemensamanalys av centrala delar av empirin från de båda studierna visar på stor överensstämmelse mellan resultaten liksom med annan tidigare forskning. Utomhusmiljön representerar viktiga värden i barns vardagsliv, i deras meningsskapande och identitetsarbete oberoende barndomens föränderlighet och avden tidsrymd som förflutit mellan studierna.

This year Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine (MGGM) turns 5 years old. For the editors of this journal it is time for some reflection, "looking back and looking forward". The first issue appeared in May of 2013, 60 years after the publication by Watson and Crick's discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA and 10 years after the completion of the Human Genome Project. The work for this journal began 1 year earlier with the selection of the Founding Editor-in-Chief (EIC) Max Muenke, choice of a journal title, and the Aims and Scope of the journal. Initial options for titles included Human & Medical Genetics, Medical Genetics & Genomic Medicine, and a few others, before Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine became the top choice. Suzanne Hart was chosen as Deputy Editor-in-Chief in part because of her expertise that is different from the EIC. Twenty-four colleagues (10 female and 14 male) with a wide range of expertise from 15 different countries were invited to serve on the MGGM Editorial Board. The Aims and Scope of MGGM were and are broad, to encompass a wide range of topics including basic and translational science, technological advances, human and medical genetics, animal models of human disease, pharmacogenomics and translational medicine (Muenke, 2013). From the first Editorial to the Invited Commentaries in each issue, various aspects of genomic medicine have been illustrated: integration of genomic information into the delivery of health care (

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