It will take place next Wednesday, June 28th at La Térmica Cultural Center in Malaga with the participation of entities such as INJUVE, CJE, ERYICA, Fundación Princesa de Girona, COPOE, AMTAES, Ibima-Plataforma BIONAND or the Andalusian Association of Youth Professionals.
16/06/2023.- The PROEM Network and the University of Jaén (UJA) are organizing the free day of transfer to society “Interdisciplinary initiatives for the promotion of health and emotional well-being of young people”. It will take place next Wednesday June 28th in the morning (10:30 to 14:00 hours) at the Cultural Center La Térmica in Malaga.
The day will start with the presentation of the activity by Luis Joaquín García, Professor of Psychology at the UJA. Subsequently, two round tables will be held. The first one will focus on resources aimed at young people with the presentation of initiatives available and free for families, adolescents, educators and professionals in the field of health and youth information points. Specifically, UJA-led projects such as PROCARE, PROADEMO or Level UP, as well as initiatives launched by institutions such as the Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE), attached to the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, the Spanish Youth Council (CJE) or The European Youth Information and Counselling Agency (ERYICA) will be the protagonists.
The second round table will discuss self-help, psycho-pedagogical, educational, health and youth resources to promote health and emotional well-being in young people. Projects led by the UJA as Digitas and DAREMOS will be shared, as well as actions carried out by entities such as the Confederation of Organizations of Psychopedagogy and Guidance of Spain (COPOE), the Spanish Association of Mutual Help against Social Phobia and Anxiety Disorders (AMTAES) or the Andalusian Association of Youth Professionals (AATJ).
“The aim of this conference is to analyze the current mental health situation of young people from different perspectives and shed light on projects that can be of use to society,” explains Luis Joaquín García. “We cannot be late to a mental health pandemic. We need urgent investment in the face of the massive increase in emotional problems, especially among adolescents. A resilient Spain needs resilient citizens and a society has no future without emotionally healthy adolescents,” he says.
Along with Luis Joaquín García, experts from different fields will make up the wide range of speakers who will participate in the conference. Specifically, UJA researchers Lourdes Espinosa, José Antonio Muela, Mª Belén Díez, Manuel Vivas, David Jiménez, Laura Zafra and Jesús Sánchez; Injuve representatives Luis Caballero and Victoria Rodríguez, the 1st vice-president and head of Feminism and Human Rights of the CJE, Laura Selena Báez; the director of ERYICA, Eva Reina; the general director of Strategy and Innovation of the Princess of Girona Foundation, Esteban Redolfi; the researcher of IBIMA-Platform BIONAND, Mª Jesús Pinto; the president of COPOE, Ana Cobos; the president of AMTAES, Enrique Vargas; and the vice-president of AATJ, Antonio Lara.
The conference will be in person, free of charge, open to the whole society and a certificate of attendance will be issued. Due to limited capacity, the only requirement is prior registration through this link.
