Telematic meeting between the professor of the University of Jaén and main responsible of these three projects for the promotion of health and emotional wellbeing of young people, and the General Director Silvia Valmaña.
6/03/2023.- Luis Joaquín García, professor at the University of Jaén (UJA), presented the PROADEMO, PROCARE and DAREMOS initiatives to Silvia Valmaña, Director General of Childhood, Family and Birth Promotion of the Community of Madrid.
In their telematic meeting, Luis Joaquín García presented the project ‘PROmocionAnDo la salud y el bienestar EMOcional de los adolescentes en el sector educativo, sanitario y la sociedad’ (PROADEMO), which aims to develop a methodology that promotes the active participation of adolescents and social agents in the development of national and European policies, as well as the drafting of documents in a child-friendly language.
In this way, Luis Joaquin Garcia delved into the objectives of this initiative focused on the design and development of a digital training package, aimed at school personnel, health workers and youth sector, so that they can improve their skills and knowledge to establish and provide mental health services to adolescents at risk of developing emotional problems as a result of the pandemic.
PROADEMO is a project (PDC2022-133401-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the State Research Agency and the European Union through the “Next Generation EU” funds within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
Presentation of the results obtained in the DAREMOS and PROCARE initiatives.
In turn, Luis Joaquín García took advantage of the meeting with Silvia Valmaña to show her the results of the PROCARE and DAREMOS projects, two initiatives that have provided free emotional support to more than 1,500 adolescents with emotional problems during the pandemic and post-pandemic stage.
The UJA professor indicated the follow-up of PROCARE, the first selective prevention program aimed at young people between 12 and 18 years of age at risk of suffering emotional problems at a stage conditioned by psychosocial difficulties after COVID-19. “The results of the intervention and booster session carried out indicate the reduction of emotional problems, improved subjective quality of life and greater regulation of emotions among the young participants, and among their families, even 12 months after the intervention,” said Luis Joaquín García.
PROCARE is a national project in which 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) participate.
In this regard, Silvia Valmaña conveyed the interest of the Directorate General of Childhood, Family and Promotion of Birth of the Community of Madrid “in finding ways to implement PROCARE among adolescents in Madrid” and “explore ways of collaboration to help the young population of the Community at risk of emotional problems.
Likewise, Luis Joaquín García valued the impact of DAREMOS, a pioneering worldwide interdisciplinary initiative (Psychology, Epigenetics, Corpus Linguistics and Big Data) focused on the early identification of adolescents at high risk of developing emotional problems. The DAREMOS initiative is a nationwide project with the participation of researchers from different departments of the UJA and the Institute of Biomedical Research of Malaga (IBIMA), in collaboration with Yotta Code, spin off of the UJA. For its part, the initiative
Institutions such as the Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE), the Spanish Association of Mutual Help against Social Phobia and Anxiety Disorders (AMTAES), the Spanish Confederation of Organizations of Psychopedagogy and Guidance (COPOE), the Youth group of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersexuals and more (FELGTBI+) and the Spanish Youth Council (CJE) have been part of the External Advisory Board of both initiatives.
