#6 - April 2025

Youth-centred Participatory Action towards co-created implementation of socially and physically activating environmental interventions in Aalborg (Denmark), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Osogbo (Nigeria) and Soweto (South Africa)

Highlights

YoPA FIRST YEAR VIDEO RELEASE

🎥 Take a look at our latest video, highlighting key moments from YoPA’s first year of interventions across all sites. Hear directly from team members and stakeholders as they share their experiences and reflections.

Watch it now!

YoPA MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN ISPAH 2024 CONFERENCE

YoPA took part in the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Congress 2024 in Paris! Representing the team were PhD student Line Madsen, alongside senior researchers Dr. Charlotte Pawlowski, Dr. Jasper Schipperijn, and Dr. Teatske Altenburg. Read more about their insighsts and key takeaways.

PhD Student Line Madsen presented YoPA to ISPAH's audience.

NEW COLLABORATION IN YoPA AMSTERDAM

In February, the YoPA Amsterdam facilitation team happily partnered with an educator from one of their intervention schools to align the YoPA program with the existing curriculum. This collaboration marked the exciting launch of two new Action Teams—setting the stage for even greater impact.

Upcoming in YoPA

🚀 After a thorough and collaborative process, the YoPA team has finalized the preparation and translation of the questionnaires.

🇩🇰 Now, YoPA in Denmark is about to start data collection with youth from the extended local community.

🇿🇦 The YoPA team in Soweto is also gearing up for the next phase of the intervention. A recent recruitment event successfully brought together parents and youth to learn more about what’s ahead and how to get involved.

Exciting steps ahead! ✨

Meet the team

OUR PARTNERS

Value Re-orientation for Community Enhancement (VARCE) is a non-governmental and non-profit making organization, working on Children, Women and Youth Development in the city of Osogbo, Nigeria.

Learn more about them.

OUR RESEARCHERS

Read about Dr. Adewale Oyeyemi - an Associate Professor of Population Health at the College of Health Solutions, in Arizona State University, in the USA. He has a background in physical therapy, social health sciences, and community health promotion.

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