How can health services better reach children and adolescents?
Prof. Dr. Anna Lene Seidler, Professor of Health Equity in Child Health at the University Medical Center Rostock, is exploring this question. In an interview with “Science Year 2026,” an initiative launched by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space, she explains why preventive measures should not only improve health on average but, in particular, reduce health inequalities.
To this end, she compiles international datasets and examines which measures actually reach different groups of children and adolescents. She hopes that the future German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) will foster closer collaboration among research institutions and better data integration—as a foundation for greater equity in children’s health.
We are pleased that Prof. Dr. Anna Lene Seidler, as an expert for the “Science Year 2026 – Medicine of the Future” initiative, was able to present her research and her perspective on health equity among children and adolescents.
The full interview with Prof. Dr. Anna Lene Seidler can be found here:
