MadresUP: Empowering Resilient Motherhood of Migrant, Refugee and Roma Women for their Psychosocial Wellbeing
Proyecto
On July 21 and 22, Daniela E. Miranda participated in a working group organized by the Andalusian School of Public Health, within the framework of the joint action JAPreventNCD, coordinated by the Directorate General of Public Health of the Generalitat Valenciana. The meeting brought together experts in community intervention to...
As part of the summer school, our doctoral students presented the progress of their research. Wendy Tatiana Duque Moreno and Julia Jiménez Ceballos shared the advancements made within the MadresUP project. Andrés Ruiz Sánchez presented his work focused on the social determinants of mental health in the Nicaraguan migrant population...
From July 1st to 4th, 2025, the 14th Conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) was held at the University of Galway (Ireland). This event is a key international space for academic exchange from critical and transformative perspectives in health psychology. Within this context, Andrés Ruiz-Sánchez, PhD...
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...
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...
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....
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...