Immigrant women living with HIV in Spain: a qualitative approach to encourage medical follow-up

Abstract Background: Immigrant women living with HIV generally have worse adherence to medical treatment and follow-up when compared to native women and immigrant or native men. The general aim of this study was to improve healthcare services for HIV-positive women and to better understand why some of them discontinue treatment. The specific objectives were: (1) to explore the barriers and facilitators to medical follow-up among women and (2) to use the findings to create a guide for healthcare professionals with strategies and tools to encourage the immigrant women to continue with their healthcare treatment. Methods: We conducted a qualitative, patient-centred research based on semi-structured interviews in order to understand the drivers and barriers for HIV positive immigrant women to adhere to medical follow-up. A total of 26 women in active or discontinued treatment (from sub-Saharan Africa (10), Latin America (8) and Spain (8)) were interviewed in 2012 using a purposive sampling methodology. The semi-structured interviews were transcribed and analysed based on the grounded theory approach and the framework method. Three researchers took part in the triangulation of results. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

The impact of collaborative university learning on student academic performance: A wiki for political and administrative science

Este proyecto es la continuación de otro financiado desde la convocatoria de 2015. Se trata de seguir elaborando una Wiki donde los alumnos tiene que aprender a trabajar colaborativa y autónomamente, además de medir su rendimiento.This project is the continuation of another project funded since the 2015 call. It is intended to follow developing a Wiki where students have to learn to work collaboratively and autonomously, in addition to measuring their performance.Fac. de Trabajo SocialFALSEUCMsubmitte