MadresUP: Empowering Resilient Motherhood of Migrant, Refugee and Roma Women for their Psychosocial Wellbeing
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SCRA Honors Dr. Yolanda Suárez-Balcázar with the 2025 Seymour Sarason Award, following nomination by CESPYD
Renowned scholar Yolanda Suárez-Balcázar has been awarded the 2025 Seymour Sarason Award for Community Research and Action, granted by the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), Division 27 of the American Psychological Association. The nomination was submitted by CESPYD – Center for Community Research and Action at the...
27 de June de 2025 - noticias
Virginia Paloma Participates in a UPNA Summer Course on Social Mentoring
On June 18th, 19th, and 20th, the Summer Course “Evaluation and Impact Measurement in Social Mentoring Projects” took place in Pamplona. The course was organized by the Social Mentoring Coordinator, the Public University of Navarre (UPNA), and the UNESCO Chair on Citizenship, Coexistence and Pluralism, with support from the Department...
23 de June de 2025 - noticias
CESPYD at the Presentation of the CEAR 2025 Report
The 23rd Annual Report of the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) analyzes the situation of refugees around the world, in the European Union, and primarily in Spain. This Annual Report was presented in Seville on June 17 at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville. During the...
20 de June de 2025 - noticias
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Perceived Detention Environment and Mental Health of Detainees in Immigration Detention Centers in Spain
Reference: Paloma, V., Benítez, I., Agüero-Collins, A., López-Núñez, C., & Saavedra-Macías, F.J. (2024). Perceived detention environment and mental health of detainees in immigration detention centers in Spain. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01977-3 Abstract: The increase in migratory flows worldwide has led to the creation of detention centers as...
1 de April de 2024
Once Upon a Time there was a Place We Learned to Listen: The Other Front Line_Voices for Social Justice
Reference: Ruiz-Azarola, A., Miranda D.E., Aguilera-Cruz, J., García, E. M. G., Hernán García, M., Pereira Iglesia, A., Román Mora Barrios, J. Popay, J. (2023). Había una vez un lugar donde aprendimos a escuchar. The Other Front line_voces por la justicia social. Rev Esp Salud Pública, 97, 22. Abstract: Government responses to...
22 de January de 2024
Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in Northern Italy: An analysis of mediators
Reference: Martinez-Damia, S., Paloma, V., Luesia, J. F., Marta, E., & Marzana, D. (2023). Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in Northern Italy: An analysis of mediators. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12652 Abstract: Community participation can be a potential strategy to increase the degree of the subjective wellbeing of immigrants within receiving societies....
21 de January de 2023
Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
Reference: Aceros, J.C., Duque, T. & Paloma, V. (2023). El activismo en las migrantes trabajadoras del hogar: Estudio cualitativo en el sur de España. Estudios Fronterizos, 24, e116. https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2305116 Abstract: Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have...
5 de May de 2023