The professor of the University of Jaén participated as an expert in this academic and research activity organized by the Network of Universities for Childhood and Adolescence (RUIA).
1/12/2023.- Luis Joaquín García, professor at the University of Jaén (UJA), participated on November 16 in the IV Conference of the Network of Universities for Children and Adolescents (RUIA), held at the University of Almería under the title ‘Childhood, Adolescence and Sustainability’.
Specifically, Luis Joaquín García presented online the initiatives ‘Selective prevention through a transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk of emotional problems’ (PROCARE), ‘PROmocionAnDo la salud y el bienestar EMOcional de los adolescentes en el sector educativo, sanitario y la sociedad’ (PROADEMO), and the beginning of the roadmap of the Network for the PROmocion de la salud y el bienestar EMOcional de los adolescentes (PROEMO), all led by UJA.
In this way, he explained the keys to the implementation of PROCARE (PID 2019-111138RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), the first transdiagnostic initiative of selective prevention at international level that has demonstrated its effectiveness in the intervention of adolescents at risk (PROCARE+) and at high risk (PROCARE-i) of developing emotional problems such as anxiety or depression.
He also developed the objectives of PROADEMO (PDC2022-133401-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), which aims to improve the skills of educational, health and youth professionals and adolescents themselves to provide quality mental health services to young people at risk of developing emotional problems.
Finally, he discussed the role of the PROEMO Network (RED2022-134247-T), whose purpose is to join forces to promote the health and emotional well-being of adolescents. In this regard, he explained the work of the research staff of the teams that make up the network (UJA, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad de Deusto, Universidad de Almería, Universidad de Málaga and IBIMA – Plataforma Bionand) in the preparation of a report and roadmap for 2025, aimed at detecting current deficiencies and providing recommendations for the promotion of adolescent health and emotional wellbeing.
These initiatives are 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.
The Red de Universidades por la Infancia y la Adolescencia is a project of interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of childhood and adolescence between Spanish universities and public authorities and administrations, private entities and the Spanish society as a whole. RUIA’s main purpose is the development, promotion and guarantee of the rights of children and adolescents through research, innovation and training on these groups, as well as the dissemination and promotion of their rights.
In this context, the IV RUIA Conference is an event to learn about and discuss the latest advances in the field of childhood and adolescence, and to establish connections with experts and colleagues from other institutions.
