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🎯 Join Us for the PA-EPI HEPA 2025 Workshop! 📅 Tuesday, September 16, 2025 🕐 13:00–16:00 EET 📍 Hotel Kaunas, Nemunas Room, Laisvės al. 79, Kaunas 🎟️ Free registration before September 1st → Register here Workshop Theme: 🔍 Physical Activity Policy Implementation: Measures, Methods and Means of Evaluation This interactive workshop brings together insights from the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) and the IMPAQT ERA4Health EU…
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The HSE’s Healthy Eating Active Living Programme commissioned colleagues in SETU to lead on extending Ireland’s National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines to better support specific populations. 📌 What’s new?✅ Guidelines for people living with chronic conditions✅ Guidelines for pregnant and postpartum women These new guidelines were officially launched on June 27th and are…
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Join us for the PAfH (Physical Activity for Health) Summer Research School 2025, a two-day, in-person event hosted at the University of Limerick on 2nd–3rd September 2025. This immersive experience is designed for early career researchers, practitioners, and policymakers passionate about physical activity and eager to deepen their expertise in measurement, intervention design, and policy…
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The Institute of Public Health (IPH) is recruiting a coordinator as part of the Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I- PARC). IPH will host the I-PARC coordinator role for a 3-year term. The role will report into and be overseen by the I-PARC Steering Group. The successful candidate will coordinate the work of the I-PARC group and…
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As part of the I-PARC 2.0 initiative, Work Package 1 (WP1) focuses on developing a comprehensive online repository of Irish-based Physical Activity Programmes (PAPs). This will serve as a go-to resource for evidence-based and promising interventions that can support population-level increases in physical activity. The I-PARC PAP Repository will host detailed information on a wide…
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📅 Date: Wednesday, 30 April 2025 🕛 Time: 12:30 – 13:30 📍 Location: ERB001 Engineering Research Building and Millstream Courtyard We are thrilled to invite you to a special event focused on promoting physical activity for health. This event will feature a panel discussion with leading experts and researchers from the University of Limerick. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from…
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Save the Date: Monday, 12 May 2025 Join us for the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week webinar titled “Streets for Life: Unlocking the Multiple Benefits of Safe Walking and Cycling”. This event will feature the launch of WHO’s new policy guidance, “Promoting Walking and Cycling: A Toolkit of Policy Options”. The toolkit introduces a practical road map across…
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Join Us for an Exciting Webinar! We are thrilled to announce an upcoming webinar titled “Policy research in physical activity, physical education, and sport: Shared goals, diverse approaches”. This event promises to be an insightful and engaging experience for anyone interested in the latest developments in policy research related to physical activity, physical education, and sport.…
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We are excited to announce the upcoming PAfH/HRI seminar titled ‘Measuring Physical Activity and Monitoring Physical Activity Promotion: Balancing Pragmatism and Rigour’. This insightful seminar will feature expert speakers, Dr. Kwok Ng, Dr. Enrique G. Bengoechea, and Dr. Sven Messing, who will delve into the complexities of measuring and promoting physical activity in a way…
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The Institute of Public Health (IPH) invites you to attend the free online webinar ‘Exercise and Healthy Ageing’ on 24 October which will focus on the role of physical activity in preventing, delaying, or reversing frailty. This webinar runs from 10am to 12pm and will include presentations from Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh, University of Sydney;…
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