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Virginia Paloma participated in February 2025 as a guest lecturer in the Official Master’s Program “Migration Movements in the 21st Century: Concepts, Realities, and Actions” at the University of Girona.During her stay, Virginia was invited to take part in the MOVi-MENTs Podcast, where she spoke about the challenges and interventions...

Responsible: Virginia Paloma Abstract: The presence of migrants is generating new uncertainties among citizens, who sometimes react with feelings of insecurity, fear, and rejection. This project aims to increase the level of compassion toward migrant realities shown by the university community of the University of Seville (US). Compassion involves both...

Referencia: Paloma, V., Jiménez‐ Ceballos, J., Duque, T., & Miranda, D. E. (2025). The Experience of Migrant Mothers of African Origin in Spain: A Human Rights‐based Approach to Mental Health. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12798 Abstract: Migrant mothers of African origin (MMAO) face multiple situations of vulnerability in...

Reference: Cubero, A., Mildenberger, L., & Garrido, R. (2024). Photovoice for promoting empowerment with migrant and refugee communities: A scoping review. Action Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503241269750 Abstract: Policymakers and researchers carry a significant responsibility to foster environments and opportunities that authentically enhance migrants’ sociopolitical involvement in host societies. Incorporating participatory action research...

Reference: Rochira, A., Verbena, S., Briozzo, E., De Simone, E., Esposito, F., Garrido, R., García-Ramírez, M., Paloma, V., Vargas-Moniz, M., & Mannarini, T. (2024). Multiculturalism in dominant ethnic populations: A transnational profile analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 103, 102051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102051 Abstract: Following a person-centered approach, the present study investigates support...

Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: 2023-2026. Abstract: Latina, African migrant and Roma mothers in situations of social vulnerability have been relevant agents in our societies. However, they have often been relegated to the margins and trapped in a cycle of vulnerability during their experience of motherhood. Although the life stories of...

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...

Coordinator: Rocío Garrido Muñoz de Arenillas. Duration: 2024 Summary: CESPYD has been designated to lead the investigation of the project “THE MIGRATORY EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IN THE US.” The University of Seville (US) has launched this initiative in response to the growing awareness of double discrimination and inequality faced by...

This article from ElDiario.es summarizes the actions carried out by CESPYD in the first phase of MadresUp project. During this stage, interviews and group sessions were conducted with African mothers who were being assisted by the Red Cross women’s shelter in Seville. Additionally, the fundamental objectives of the project are...

Reference:  Paloma, V., Martínez-Damia, S., de la Morena, I., López-Torres, C., & Berbel, I. (2023). A Community-based intervention to enhance posttraumatic growth among refugees in receiving societies. In R. Berger (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook on Posttraumatic Growth (pp. 542-555). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032208688 Abstract: This chapter discusses a community-based intervention aimed...

Reference: Garrido, R., Paloma, V., Benítez, I., Skovdal, M., Verelest, A. & Derluyn, I. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of migrants and refugees settled in Spain. Ethnicity & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2022.2035692. Abstract: Objectives. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities worldwide, having a disproportionately harsh impact on...

Reference: Paloma, V., de la Morena, I. & Busche, V. (2021). Posttraumatic Growth Intervention for Refugees: Implementation Manual. Center for Community Research and Action at the Universidad de Sevilla. Abstract: Este manual ha sido elaborado para facilitar la puesta en funcionamiento del programa de intervención diseñado al amparo del proyecto...

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.cope.es/actualidad/sociedad/noticias/cvirus-un-estudio-senala-que-covid-amplifica-las-desigualdades-migrantes-refugiados-nivel-mundial-20210112_1082177

Reference: Spiritus-Beerden, E., Verelst, A., Devlieger, I., Langer-Primdahl, N., Botelho-Guedes, F., Chiarenza, A., De Maesschalck, S., Durbeej, N., Garrido, R., Gaspar de Matos, M., Ioannidi, E., Murphy, R., Oulahal, R., Osman, F., Padilla, B., Paloma, V., Shehadeh, A., Sturm, G., van den Muijsenbergh, M., Vasilikou, K., Watters, C., Willems, S.,...

Reference: Paloma, V. & Garrido, R. (2021). ApartTogether: Estudio sobre el impacto psicosocial de la COVID-19 en población migrante y refugiada en España y el mundo. Dosier RECI 3. RECI – Red de Ciudades Interculturales. Abstract: El objetivo de la contribución en este dosier es ofrecer de manera divulgativa los principales...

Reference: Iglesias-Pascual, R., Paloma, V., & Benítez, I. (2021). The role of contextual factors in the electoral resurgence of extreme right-wing parties in Spain: The case of Andalusia. Political Geography, 86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102356  Abstract: Up until the end of 2018, extreme right-wing parties and their anti-immigration discourse, now a common...

Reference: World Health Organization. (2020). ApartTogether survey: Preliminary overview of refugees and migrants self-reported impact of COVID-19. Geneva: World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY‐NC‐SA 3.0 IGO. Abstract: ApartTogether is a collaboration between World Health Organization​ and a consortium of research centres led by Prof. Ilse Derluyn and Dr. An Verelst...

Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: August-december 2018. Abstract: The cause of migration from the countries of origin to Andalusia is very varied, although immigrants tend to have the goal of improving their well-being conditions. Well-being is defined as the life satisfaction manifested by immigrants when their physical and psychological needs are met...

Coordinator: Fátima León Larios. Duration: May 2017. Abstract: In accordance with Article 36 of the Constitution of the Saharawi Democratic Arab Republic, Saharawi citizens have the right to health protection and health care; the current situation in refugee camps is conditioned by health resources based on cooperation and organized among the...

Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Abstract: The project has aimed to strengthen resilience processes among the refugee population based in Seville. Together with the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid, this proposal has generated the following products: Printed products: This project has developed a “Community Resource Guide and Map for Refugees in the City...

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: Paloma, V., de la Morena, I., Sladkova, J., & López‐Torres, C. (2020). A peer support and peer mentoring approach to enhancing resilience and empowerment among refugees settled in southern Spain. Journal of Community Psychology, 48 (5), 1438-1451. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22338 Abstract: This study aims to analyze the processes of resilience and empowerment...

Reference: Paloma, V., de la Morena, I., & López‐Torres, C. (2020). Promoting posttraumatic growth among therefugee population in Spain: A community‐based pilot intervention. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28 (1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12847 Abstract: Various international organisations have identified the development of programmes that mitigate the negative impact that forced...

Reference: Jordão, N. M., Freitas, C. D., & García Ramírez, M. (2018). Effects of the economic crisis and austerity policies on health and health care access of migrant population in southern European countries: scoping review. REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 26(54), 213-230. Abstract: The aim of this article is to gather...

“Guide to community resources for refugees in the city of Seville” See guide in Spanish See guide in English See guide in French See guide in Arabic See guide in Russian “Map of community resources for refugees in the city of Seville”       See map Result of the project “Strengthening Resilient...

Referencia: Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Mirza, M. P., & García-Ramírez, M. (2017). Health disparities: Understanding and promoting healthy communities. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 46, 1-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2018.1386761 Resumen: This themed issue focuses on understanding and addressing several public health issues affecting communities today nationally and internationally. Health disparities, and global health in...

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...

Reference: Garrido, R., & Delgado, A. (2017). La Voz y la Mirada de Jóvenes Refugiados/as en Grecia: Photovoice como Herramienta de Investigación-Acción Comunitaria. Papeles de Trabajo sobre Cultura, Educación y Desarrollo Humano / Working Papers on Culture, Education and Human Development. Número monográfico “5th International Health Humanities Conference”. Abstract: In April 2016, a photovoice workshop was held...

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  

Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: 2016-2017. Abstract: This intervention project, coordinated by Virginia Paloma, aims to promote psychological well-being from a community approach based on strengths among refugees arrived in the city of Seville. To achieve this goal, five specific objectives are proposed: (1) culturally adjusting evidence-based best practices aimed at improving the psychological...

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...