The General Directorate of Childhood will support literacy in health and emotional well-being of young people through the dissemination of the PROCARE initiative, which aims to help adolescents at risk of suffering emotional problems free of charge.
19/02/2021.- The professor of the University of Jaén (UJA) and head of the Network for the Promotion of Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in Young People (PROEM), Luis Joaquín García López has presented this morning the PROCARE initiative to the team of the General Directorate of Childhood of the Ministry of Equality, Social Policies and Conciliation of the Junta de Andalucía.
The meeting, which was held telematically, was attended by the Director General of Childhood, Antonia Rubio, the Deputy Director General of Childhood, Josefa Vázquez, and the Head of the Prevention Service, Mª del Pilar Hidalgo.
Luis Joaquín García explained the keys to the PROCARE initiative, the first free selective prevention program aimed at young people between 12 and 18 years of age at risk of suffering emotional problems in the current period of psychosocial difficulties marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is an initiative that is being carried out online nationwide and will run until June. The PROCARE research team includes professionals from the Psychology Department of the UJA, the Rovira i Virgili University, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche and the University of Miami (USA). In addition, the Instituto de la Juventud (INJUVE) of the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, AMTAES the Spanish Association of Mutual Help against Social Phobia and Anxiety Disorders (AMTAES) and the Confederation of Organizations of Psychopedagogy and Guidance of Spain (COPOE) are part of the External Advisory Board of the project.
