Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: 2023. Abstract: This project aims to find out how motherhood develops in contexts of adversity, as well as to promote the exercise of resilient motherhood among African migrant women settled in Seville. To this end, a participatory needs assessment will be carried out with 30 African...
The Jesuit Service to Migrants (SJM) has presented its Annual Report 2022 on Detention Centers for Foreigners (CIE) with the title “Differences that generate inequality”; in an event held in the Parliament of Andalusia on 13 June 2023. The first Vice-President of the Chamber, Ana María Mestre, was present to...
The Jesuit Service to Migrants (SJM) has presented its 2022 Annual Report on Foreigners’ Detention Centres (CIE) in Spain, entitled ‘Inequalities that generate inequality’. In this Report, CESPYD has collaborated in anticipation of the main results of a study on the mental health of inmates, carried out in collaboration with...
Daniela E. Miranda and Belén Soto Ponce presented the Photovoice methodology implemented in the [J]itana and Power2Romi project carried out collaboratively with the Yilo association and the Roma girls from Polígono Sur and Torreblanca in the city of Seville. The presentation focused on the progress of the methodology as an...
Reference: Duque, T., Aceros, J.C., & Paloma, V. (2022). El activismo de las trabajadoras del hogar latinoamericanas. Sevilla: Asociación de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores del Hogar de Sevilla, Universidad Industrial de Santander & Universidad de Sevilla. Presentation: En primavera del año 2020 realizamos un trabajo de investigación en el que entrevistamos...
Reference: Iglesias-Pascual, R., Benassi, F., & Paloma, V. (2022). A spatial approach to the study of the electoral resurgence of the extreme right in southern Spain. Spatial Demography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40980-022-00105-1. Abstract: This study analyzes at a local level (i.e. census tract) the spatial patterns and main contextual factors related to the...
Reference: Suarez‐Balcazar, Y., Balcazar, F., Miranda, D. E., Velazquez, T., Arcidiacono, C., & Garcia‐Ramirez, M. (2022). Promoting justice through community‐based research: International case studies. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12584. Abstract: Community‐based participatory research (CBPR) approaches to promoting justice focus on working from the ground up and giving a...
Como parte de los resultados de un trabajo reciente sobre el activismo de las trabajadoras del hogar migrantes en Sevilla, se están realizando unas sesiones de webinar tituladas El bienestar de las mujeres migrantes en contextos opresivos. La actividad estará a cargo de Juan Carlos Aceros, profesor de la Escuela...
Reference: Suarez‐Balcazar, Y., Early, A., Miranda, D. E., Marquez, H., Maldonado, A. & Garcia‐Ramirez, M. (2021). Community-engaged asset mapping with Latinx immigrant families of youth with disabilities. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12578. Abstract: Asset mapping is a participatory methodology that engages community members in identifying services and settings...
Reference: Iglesias-Rosado, B. & Leon-Larios, F. (2021). Breastfeeding experiences of Latina migrants living in Spain: a qualitative descriptive study. Int Breastfeed J 16, 76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-021-00423-y. Abstract: Background. The migratory flows in Spain have changed due to the arrival of a diverse migrant population. Among the new migrants the Latino collective...
Coordinator: Barbara Biglia (IP). GREDI Intercultural Education Research Group. Rovira i Virgili University. Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: The PhV_SeGReV project: Mainstreaming sensitivity to gender and sexual violence at university through the practice of Photovoice (Ref. 2020 INDOV 00003), aims to create an internationally validated material to introduce sexual and gender-based violence...
Reference: De Freitas, C., Massag, J., Amorim, M. & Fraga, S. (2020). “Involvement in maternal care by migrants and ethnic minorities: a narrative review”. Public Health Reviews 41 5, 41: 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-020-00121-w. Abstract: Background. Guidelines for improving the quality of maternal health services emphasise women’s involvement in care. However, evidence...
Reference: MacFarlane, A., Ogoro, M., De Freitas, C., Niranjan, V., Severoni, S. & Waagensen, E. (2021). “Migrants’ involvement in health policy, service development and research in the WHO European Region: A narrative review policy and practice”. Tropical Medicine & International Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13643. Abstract: OBJECTIVES. The involvement of individuals and communities...
En el informativo de 7 TV Andalucía han entrevistado a Virginia Paloma la coordinadora de CESPYD acerca del estudio Apart Together y sus resultados a nivel internacional. Os dejamos el fragmento del informativo en el que podéis ver la entrevista que le hizo Moisés Ruz a nuestra compañera Virginia Paloma. Pinchad...
En Onda Local de Andalucía, en el programa De este a oeste, han entrevistado a Virginia Paloma la coordinadora de CESPYD acerca del estudio Apart Together y sus resultados a nivel internacional. Os dejamos el fragmento del programa en el que podéis escuchar la entrevista que le hizo Paco Aguaza...
More information: https://www.communitypsychology.com/photovoice-as-a-community-building-tool/
Reference: Miranda, D. E., Zhelyazkova, L. & Sladkova, J. (2021). A Photovoice Project for Ethnic Health Justice: Reflections from Roma Communities in Seville, Spain. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 12(2), 1-17. Abstract: Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority and despite their national citizen status, 80% live in extreme poverty...
Reference: Garrido, R. & Zaptsi, A. (2021). Archetypes, Me Too, Time’s Up and the representation of diverse women on TV. [Arquetipos, Me Too, Time’s Up y la representación de mujeres diversas en TV]. Comunicar, 68. https://doi.org/10.3916/C68-2021-02. Abstract: The feminist movements Me Too and Time’s Up have showcased the power of...
Coordinator: Jennie Popay (University of Lancaster). Duration: Ongoing project. Abstract: Untold stories from disadvantaged groups affected by COVID-19 are being collected and publicised in an international initiative to highlight the devastating impact of the pandemic and advocate for social justice to be at the fore front of the recovery. Before...
Reference: Marco Gemignani & Massimo Giliberto (2021) Constructions of burnout, identity, and self-care in professionals working toward the psychosocial care of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy, Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 34:1, 56-78. doi: 10.1080/10720537.2019.1700853 Abstract: Professionals who provide psychosocial services to refugees and asylum seekers in Italy are a population at high-risk of job stress...
Reference: Miranda, D., García-Ramírez, & M., Albar-Marín, M. J. (2020). Building Meaningful Community Advocacy for Ethnic‐based Health Equity: The RoAd4Health Experience. American Journal of Community Psychology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12443 Abstract: The pervasive failure of policies aimed at overcoming health inequities suffered by European Roma reflects the oppressive and impoverished living conditions of many...
Ayşe Şafak Ayvazoğlu and Ozge Calhan, researchers at the Izmir Katip Çelebi University in Turkey, visited CESPYD from 10th to 20th September 2019. The visit was possible thanks to an Erasmus+ Mobility Agreement, Staff Mobility for Training. Among other activities, they visited a reception center for asylum seekers managed by...
Our colleague Rocío Garrido has been developing her work in an action-research stay at the NUH – Núcleo de Direitos Humanos e Cidadanía LGBT (http://www.fafich.ufmg.br/nuh/) from Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. This stay, held during August 2019, is part of the project “Diversity and Equity in Ibero-American Universities:...
The contribution of our colleagues Guariso, Paloma, Arias, Garrido y García-Ramírez titled “Photovoice as a Research-Intervention Tool for Youth Neighborhood Activism in Societally Vulnerable Contexts” published in the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, has been highlighted in the SCRA’s website Community Psychology. More information in: https://www.communitypsychology.com/using-photovoice-as-a-community-building-tool/
Reference: Paloma, V. (Coord.) (2017). Experimentos virtuales de intervenciones sociales para la mejora del bienestar inmigrante en Andalucía. Sevilla: Centro de Estudios Andaluces. Abstract: El presente informe recoge los resultados del proyecto de investigación financiado por el Centro de Estudios Andaluces en la convocatoria 2014 denominado ‘Bienestar Inmigrante y Justicia...
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez. Partner: FAKALI. Duration: 2016-2018. Abstract: This project seeks to promote advocacy processes among multiple levels and stakeholders— policymakers, health professionals, organizational managers, Roma NGOs and Roma neighbors— to ensure the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies-Health component (NRIS-H) in at-risk local contexts with a high Roma population. To achieve this,...
Reference: García-Ramírez, M., Lizana, T., & La Parra, D. (2017). Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) Health Strand. Country Report Spain. IOM MHD RO Brussels. Full text: https://cespyd.es/a/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SPAIN_MIPEX_Health.pdf
La tesis doctoral “Diseño de un programa de alfabetización en salud para mejorar el acceso y utilización de los servicios sanitarios a población inmigrante” presentada por Martina Fernández Gutiérrez (Universidad de Cádiz) y co-dirigida por nuestra compañera M.ª Jesús Albar Marín y Pilar Bas Sarmiento (Universidad de Cádiz), ha obtenido...
Reference: García-Ramírez, M. (Coord.) (2016). Follow-up Case Study on the NRIS Spain: Strengthening Roma Engagement in Polígono Sur through Roma Health Governance. International Organization for Migrations. Abstract: This report has been developed within the framework of the Equi-Health’s follow-up case study on the NRIS Spain (health component). The project “Equi-Health: Fostering...
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez. Duration: 2015-2016. Abstract: Roma health governance in the Polígono Sur (Seville, Spain) was implemented by the International Organization for Migrations, CESPYD and the Office of the Integral Plan of the Polígono Sur. The goal of this project is to ensure that the health programs, plans and policies are sensitive to...
Reference: García-Ramírez, M., Luque-Ribelles, V., Albar, M. J., Paloma, V. y Garrido, R. (2015). Migraciones Irregulares y Salud Ocupacional de los Guardias Civiles en las Fronteras del Sur de España. CESPYD-US. ISBN: AE-2015-15004946. Abstract: La entrada de migrantes a través de las fronteras del Sur de Europa se ha incrementado...
Reference: Albar, M.J., García-Ramírez, M., Pérez-Moreno, P., Luque-Ribelles, V., Garrido, R. y Bocchino, A. (2015). Adaptation to Spanish of an ethnocultural empathy scale. Texto Contexto Enferm, 24, 621-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072015001270014. Abstract: The aim of this study is to adapt the Ethnocultural Empathy Scale of Wang, et al. to Spanish. A process of translation...
Reference: Chiarenza, A. (Coord). Standards for equity in health care for migrants and other vulnerable groups. Self-Assessment Tool for Pilot Implementation. Reggio Emilia, International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals. Abstract: The Task Force on Migrant-friendly and Culturally Competent Healthcare (TF MFCCH) has developed a set of standards aiming at monitoring...
Coordinator: Manuel García-Ramírez. Duration: 2012-2014. Abstract: The Spanish model of economic growth has required an important contribution by a low qualified immigrant work force that suffers multiple risks of social exclusion. The lack of accessibility, acceptance, and the quality of health care aggravates these risks. For some time, the scientific community has...
Coordinator: Roumyana Petrova Benedict (IOM Regional Office Brussels). Duration: 2013-2015. Abstract: The objective of the EQUIHEALTH action is to improve the access and appropriateness of health care services, health promotion and prevention to meet the needs of migrants, the Roma and other vulnerable ethnic minority groups, including irregular migrants residing...
Funded by: EACEA Erasmus Lifelong Learning Program. Coordinator: Jeanine Suurmond (Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam). Duration: 2013 – 2015. Abstract: C2ME aims to develop an overarching faculty programme for faculty staff as well as educational leaders. C2ME will develop design principles to implement cultural competencies in the curriculum. This will...
Reference: Maya-Jariego, I., García-Ramirez, M. y Santolaya F. J. (2007). Estrategias de intervención psicosocial. Casos prácticos. Madrid: Pirámide. ISBN 978-84-368-2144.
