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Physical activity is a key contributor to healthy ageing. In spite of the widely known beneficial effects, only a small proportion of older adults are physically active. AEQUIPA is a regional prevention research network comprising six universities, two research institutes and the health economy organisation of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan region. The network's core themes are promoting physical activity among older adults (65+).

AEQUIPA Vorstellung


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Gesundes Quartier


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Zukunftsvision


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AEQUIPA Hajo Zeeb


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Tilman Brand zu AEQUIPA/RTC


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Sonia Lippke zu AEQUIPA/PROMOTE


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Jochen Meyer zu AEQUIPA/TECHNOLOGY


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Fit im Nordwesten - Strategien für mehr Bewegung im Alltag von Älteren


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Aktive Mobilität im Alter fördern - Ein Aktionswochenende im Reallabor Ritterhude


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BIPS Institute Seminar: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities

  • Created by Rasmus Cloes
  • Prevention and EvaluationEventBIPS Institute Seminar

How do poverty and family adversity shape children's health and life chances? Dr Nicholas Kofi Adjei presents research findings and discusses how prevention and family support can help address these inequalities.

Children growing up in disadvantaged circumstances are more likely to experience health and social adversity. This lecture explores how persistent poverty and family experiences-including parental mental ill-health, domestic violence and parental alcohol misuse-can accumulate throughout childhood and affect physical and mental health in adolescence.

The research draws on the UK Millennium Cohort Study, which follows around 19,000 children from birth into adulthood. Alongside health, the lecture considers social outcomes, including contact with the police and the risk of not being in education, employment or training (NEET). It will conclude by examining how tackling child poverty and supporting families could help reduce health inequalities.

About the speaker: Dr Nicholas Kofi Adjei is a Senior Research Fellow in the Health Inequalities Policy Research team in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool. His research examines how social and economic disadvantage shapes inequalities in health and social outcomes across the life course, with a particular focus on children and young people.

Before joining Liverpool in 2020, he worked at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, where he also completed his PhD. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), an Associate Editor of the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, and Guest Editor of the BMC Public Health collection "Poverty's Role in Health."

Wednesday, 25 November 2026, 14:00-14:55
BIPS, Room 1.550
Host: Prof. Dr Hajo Zeeb

Anyone interested in attending the event can register at institutsseminar(at)leibniz-bips.de.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Kind sammelt Geld ein.

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BIPS Institute Seminar: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities

  • Created by Rasmus Cloes
  • Prevention and EvaluationEventBIPS Institute Seminar

How do poverty and family adversity shape children's health and life chances? Dr Nicholas Kofi Adjei presents research findings and discusses how prevention and family support can help address these inequalities.

Children growing up in disadvantaged circumstances are more likely to experience health and social adversity. This lecture explores how persistent poverty and family experiences-including parental mental ill-health, domestic violence and parental alcohol misuse-can accumulate throughout childhood and affect physical and mental health in adolescence.

The research draws on the UK Millennium Cohort Study, which follows around 19,000 children from birth into adulthood. Alongside health, the lecture considers social outcomes, including contact with the police and the risk of not being in education, employment or training (NEET). It will conclude by examining how tackling child poverty and supporting families could help reduce health inequalities.

About the speaker: Dr Nicholas Kofi Adjei is a Senior Research Fellow in the Health Inequalities Policy Research team in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool. His research examines how social and economic disadvantage shapes inequalities in health and social outcomes across the life course, with a particular focus on children and young people.

Before joining Liverpool in 2020, he worked at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, where he also completed his PhD. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), an Associate Editor of the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, and Guest Editor of the BMC Public Health collection "Poverty's Role in Health."

Wednesday, 25 November 2026, 14:00-14:55
BIPS, Room 1.550
Host: Prof. Dr Hajo Zeeb

Anyone interested in attending the event can register at institutsseminar(at)leibniz-bips.de.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ein Kind sammelt Geld ein.