The professor from the University of Jaén participated as spokesperson for the PROEMO Network team in the meeting organized by FAD Youth.
3/2/2025.- Luis Joaquín García, head of the PROEMO Network, met with Beatriz Martín Padura, General Director, Anna Sanmartín, Director of the Queen Sofia Center and Beatriz Pestaña and María Sánchez from the communication department, FAD Youth.
Specifically, the purpose of the invitation to the Network was to share suggestions to the draft of the multichannel campaign “Emotional Well-being in adolescents and young people 15-29 years old” and to the document in preparation “Youth Barometer: Health and Wellbeing 2025”, as well as to present the Report and Roadmap 2025 of the Network for the PROMOTION of EMOtional Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents and Young People (PROEMO), and to briefly present the initiatives ‘Selective prevention through a transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk of emotional problems’ (PROCARE), ‘PROmocionAnDo the health and EMOtional well-being of adolescents in the educational sector, health and society’ (PROADEMO), and initiatives such as the “Forest of Parentality”. Likewise, the FAD Youth team and Luis Joaquín García agreed to evaluate possible synergies.
Firstly, the role of the PROEMO Network (RED2022-134247-T), whose aim is to join forces to promote the health and emotional well-being of adolescents, was discussed. 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 gaps and providing recommendations for the promotion of health and emotional well-being of adolescents, which served as the basis for the contributions of the Network to the documents being prepared by FAD Juventud.
In addition, brief reference was made to initiatives such as the “Forest of Parentality” carried out by Prfa Dr. Inmaculada Gómez (UAL), issues on sexting, ghosting and (cyber)victimization led by Prfa Dr. Esther Calvete and Prf. Dr. Manu Gámez (UDeusto and UAM, respectively), the covitality model whose maximum exponent in Spain is Prf. José Antonio Piqueras, the role of nutrition and healthy habits (Prf. Dr. Fina Canals) and early detection (Prf. Dr. Patricia Moreno), as well as the implementation of PROCARE (PID 2019-111138RB-I00/AEI/10. 13039/501100011033), the first transdiagnostic selective prevention initiative at the international level that has demonstrated its efficacy in the intervention of adolescents at risk (PROCARE+) and at high risk (PROCARE-i) of developing emotional problems such as anxiety or depression and to 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.
These initiatives have the collaboration and support of an External Advisory Council made up of nine entities: the Spanish Youth Institute (INJUVE), attached to the Ministry of Youth and Children, the Spanish Youth Council (CJE), the European Youth Information and Counselling Agency (ERYICA), the Princess of Girona Foundation (FPdGi), the Integral Health group of the FELGTBI+, the Asociación Española de Ayuda Mutua contra Fobia Social y Trastornos de Ansiedad (AMTAES), the Confederación de Organizaciones de Psicopedagogía y Orientación de España (COPOE), the Federación Andaluza de Profesionales de la Juventud and the Asociación Asturiana para la atención y el cuidado de la infancia (ASACI).
PROADEMO is a PDC2022-133401-I00 project funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the State Research Agency and the European Union through the “Next Generation EU” funds within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan).
PROEMO Network, a research network RED2022-134247-T) funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the State Research Agency) through the State Program to boost scientific-technical research and its transfer, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023.
The FAD Youth Foundation is a private, non-profit organization. Its purpose is to improve the well-being and quality of life of youth. To achieve this, FAD Juventud generates social impact and opportunities for youth through partnerships and projects with companies, non-governmental organizations and the public sector.
