March 25th, 2024

In the YoPA Scientific Partners Meeting on March 7th, consortium partners delved into discussions surrounding Systems Mapping, Causal Loops Diagrams, and the utilization of accelerometers for tracking youth movement behaviors.

Led by YoPA’s Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw, the first part of the meeting challenged participants to engage in a brief systems mapping exercise, exploring the interconnections within a specific context.

Following this, Prof. Dr. Jasper Schipperijn presented on the application of accelerometers and GPS for monitoring adolescent movement behaviours in urban environments, sparking a dialogue on how consortium partners could integrate such data collection methods into their respective contexts.

The meeting concluded with members of the Dissemination Committee addressing YoPA’s forthcoming policy briefs, outlining content priorities, and delineating partner responsibilities for the briefs writing.

March 5th, 2024

YoPA’s study protocol was published in the British Medical Journal Open Access on February 21st.

In this publication, readers can find a detailed description of the project objectives, intervention phases, co-creation design, and evaluation methods.

Everyone is happily invited to read the paper and learn how YoPA’s teen-centered participatory approach will lead to tailored interventions addressing adolescents’ movement behaviors across Denmark, the Netherlands, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Full article available at: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/2/e084657

February 28th, 2024

The second YoPA newsletter was published on February 5th, including the project highlights and updates from October to December 2023.

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January 9th, 2024

The YoPA project intervention has began in Aalborg, Denmark, in December 2023, as planned in the project’s timeline.

Engaging in co-creation structured sessions, teenagers from two local youth centres are collaborating with facilitator Marie Louise to undertake an in-depth mapping of their local community system.

The photovoice exercise employed green frames 🟢 to represent spaces conducive to physical activity and red frames 🔴 to portray areas in need of enhancement.

This method provides participants with valuable insights, enabling them to identify strategic locations within their environment for increased physical activity engagement.

The co-creation sessions in Aalborg are planned to take place regularly until the end of June 2024.

The youth centres participating in the YoPA project are called Fritidscenter Gl Kongvej and Fritidscenter Bakken.

In Denmark, the University of Southern Denmark and the City of Aalborg are part of the YoPA consortium.