PhD Prize for Health researcher: New mothers are less physically active
Doctor and PhD Solvej Videbæk Bueno from the Department of Public Health and the Research Unit for General Practice is awarded the Aarhus University Research Foundation PhD Prize for her research on new mothers’ physical activity.
Solvej Videbæk Bueno receives the AUFF PhD Prize for her PhD project, which combines register-based studies with practice-based research in the healthcare system.
Based on register data from more than 27,000 women, she has shown that mothers have a 24 percent higher risk of not getting the exercise they should than women without children.
In addition to the register analyses, she conducted qualitative co-creation workshops with health visitors, midwives, general practitioners and mothers. The results point to a need for increased collaboration in the after-birth period.
“New mothers already have regular contact with the healthcare system, and they are very motivated, as physical activity also benefits their children,” Solvej Videbæk Bueno explains.
Her research shows that the after-birth period holds great potential for supporting healthy behaviours and preventing later disease. As an extension of her PhD work, Solvej Videbæk Bueno is now head of the MoveMOM project, which seeks to develop and test a visual tool for health professionals.
The Aarhus University Research Foundation awards five PhD Prizes every year – one for each faculty. The prize winners have completed their PhD in 2025, and each receives DKK 40,000.
Contact
Doctor, PhD and external associate professor Solvej Videbæk Bueno
Aarhus University, Department of Public Health
Aarhus University Hospital, Research Unit for General Practice
Email: solvej.videbaek@ph.au.dk
Based on press material from the Aarhus University Research Foundation.