Aproximación a la intervención con personas inmigrantes desde el Trabajo Social

El fenómeno de la inmigración no es algo nuevo aunque sí se encuentra en plena emergencia social. En consecuencia, su abordaje se mantiene en la base de las preocupaciones sociales y profesionales de quienes operan en dicha realidad. Con este trabajo se persigue explorar su situación actual y su relación con el Trabajo Social, planteándose conocer la realidad práctica de esta profesión desde la perspectiva de las personas inmigrantes. Para ello se realiza un estudio en el que participan 128 personas inmigrantes de la ciudad de Málaga que han mantenido y/o mantienen relación con la profesión del trabajo social a través de las actuaciones recibidas de estos profesionales desde entidades públicas y/o de iniciativa social. A partir de un cuestionario diseñado de forma específica se evalúan y analizan las siguientes categorías: perfil de la población inmigrante; y recursos y mejoras en la atención profesional recibida. Tras el análisis de los resultados se concluye en la importancia y necesidad del profesional del trabajo social en la intervención con la población inmigrante, siendo el profesional de referencia y promoviendo su inserción social y cobertura de necesidades básicas. Se constata la necesidad de una mejor coordinación entre profesionales que garantice el desarrollo de una intervención menos asistencialista, para lo que se requieren de espacios específicos de formación y políticas sociales más inclusivas. Para futuros trabajos se apunta la necesidad de ampliar este estudio hacia otros profesionales de la intervención social con inmigrantes.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Plan de Apoyo a Personas Refugiadas de la Universidad de Málaga y de 16 ONG

Esta investigación tiene como finalidad conocer en profundidad el Plan de Apoyo a Personas Refugiadas de la Universidad de Málaga y de 16 ONG. El estudio pretende conocer las debilidades del plan y poder trabajar en la mejora de éstas. Los resultados servirán para seguir avanzando en la inclusión de las personas refugiadas y en la mejora de su calidad de vida.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Social work with immigrants. Resilience as a starting point in the social intervention

El presente texto está basado en el Proyecto Final del Máster Oficial en Investigación e Intervención Social y Comunitaria de la Universidad de Málaga (España), realizado por Irene Soledad Estrada-Moreno y dirigido por Mª de las Olas Palma-García durante el curso académico 2015-2016.La presente investigación pretende explorar la incorporación del enfoque de la resiliencia en la intervención profesional del Trabajo Social hacia las personas inmigrantes. A partir de un estudio descriptivo de diseño mixto, se realiza una aproximación cualitativa al objeto de estudio a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con 16 profesionales del Trabajo Social, y un acercamiento cuantitativo mediante una encuesta al colectivo de inmigrantes con el que la profesión interviene, en la que participan 128 personas. Los resultados muestran al profesional del Trabajo Social como el profesional de referencia para la intervención con personas inmigrantes, a quienes acompaña en la resolución de sus dificultades en el proceso de integración en el que se encuentran. En su práctica profesional incorpora estrategias resilientes que cualifican su intervención aun cuando se detectan mejoras y retos para la misma. Se concluye destacando el potencial del enfoque de la resiliencia para todos los profesionales de la acción social, de cara a promover el bienestar y la buena práctica en las intervenciones que llevan a cabo.The current investigation aims at exploring the incorporation of the resilience approach in relation to the professional intervention of social work with immigrants. Based on a descriptive study with a mixed design, a qualitative approximation to the object of study is carried out using semi-structured interviews involving sixteen Social Work professionals. Besides, a quantitative approach to the immigrant collective, participating 128 respondents, has been performed using a survey. The results show the Social Work professional as the key referent aimed at dealing with immigrants so as to help them solve their difficulties during the integrative process.These professionals incorporate resilient strategies thus giving credibility to their intervention even though possible improvements and challenges are detected. We conclude by highlighting the potential of the resilience approach for all the professionals in the social work field, in order to promote wellbeing and good practices in future interventions.Departamento de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociale

Conflictos sociales y mediación universitaria en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior

Este artículo expone los principales datos y conclusiones obtenidas en el Workshop realizado en el año 2016 entre la Universidad de Málaga y Leuven (Bélgica). La líneas de investigación se centra en los conflictos sociales que se producen en el ámbito universitario.El presente trabajo, trata de analizar los conflictos que se producen en el ámbito universitario relacionados con la implementación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior y la nueva metodología docente derivada del mismo, que provocan disyuntivas sociales específicas. Estos conflictos, se hacen plausibles en la conciliación, el aprendizaje y el desarrollo del proceso educativo. Por un lado, con la asistencia obligatoria y la dedicación de tiempo que requiere al estudiante en la Universidad y de trabajo en casa. Por otro, por la situación devenida de los recortes en becas universitarias y la necesidad que impone esta reforma educativa de acreditación del B1 como lengua extranjera para la obtención del Título de Graduado. Estas circunstancias, construyen realidades relativas a los significados que el ámbito universitario tiene para las personas, e inciden en las oportunidades del alumnado en condiciones de igualdad en función de su situación social y personal. En el estudio, se analizan las causas y se definen los tipos de conflictos, así como su relación con la citada reforma

Healthcare workers hospitalized due to COVID-19 have no higher risk of death than general population. Data from the Spanish SEMI-COVID-19 Registry

Aim To determine whether healthcare workers (HCW) hospitalized in Spain due to COVID-19 have a worse prognosis than non-healthcare workers (NHCW). Methods Observational cohort study based on the SEMI-COVID-19 Registry, a nationwide registry that collects sociodemographic, clinical, laboratory, and treatment data on patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Spain. Patients aged 20-65 years were selected. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed to identify factors associated with mortality. Results As of 22 May 2020, 4393 patients were included, of whom 419 (9.5%) were HCW. Median (interquartile range) age of HCW was 52 (15) years and 62.4% were women. Prevalence of comorbidities and severe radiological findings upon admission were less frequent in HCW. There were no difference in need of respiratory support and admission to intensive care unit, but occurrence of sepsis and in-hospital mortality was lower in HCW (1.7% vs. 3.9%; p = 0.024 and 0.7% vs. 4.8%; p<0.001 respectively). Age, male sex and comorbidity, were independently associated with higher in-hospital mortality and healthcare working with lower mortality (OR 0.211, 95%CI 0.067-0.667, p = 0.008). 30-days survival was higher in HCW (0.968 vs. 0.851 p<0.001). Conclusions Hospitalized COVID-19 HCW had fewer comorbidities and a better prognosis than NHCW. Our results suggest that professional exposure to COVID-19 in HCW does not carry more clinical severity nor mortality

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements

Measurement of the top quark forward-backward production asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric and chromomagnetic moments in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Abstract The parton-level top quark (t) forward-backward asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric (d̂ t) and chromomagnetic (μ̂ t) moments have been measured using LHC pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected in the CMS detector in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The linearized variable AFB(1) is used to approximate the asymmetry. Candidate t t ¯ events decaying to a muon or electron and jets in final states with low and high Lorentz boosts are selected and reconstructed using a fit of the kinematic distributions of the decay products to those expected for t t ¯ final states. The values found for the parameters are AFB(1)=0.048−0.087+0.095(stat)−0.029+0.020(syst),μ̂t=−0.024−0.009+0.013(stat)−0.011+0.016(syst), and a limit is placed on the magnitude of | d̂ t| &lt; 0.03 at 95% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.

MUSiC : a model-unspecific search for new physics in proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV

Results of the Model Unspecific Search in CMS (MUSiC), using proton-proton collision data recorded at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1), are presented. The MUSiC analysis searches for anomalies that could be signatures of physics beyond the standard model. The analysis is based on the comparison of observed data with the standard model prediction, as determined from simulation, in several hundred final states and multiple kinematic distributions. Events containing at least one electron or muon are classified based on their final state topology, and an automated search algorithm surveys the observed data for deviations from the prediction. The sensitivity of the search is validated using multiple methods. No significant deviations from the predictions have been observed. For a wide range of final state topologies, agreement is found between the data and the standard model simulation. This analysis complements dedicated search analyses by significantly expanding the range of final states covered using a model independent approach with the largest data set to date to probe phase space regions beyond the reach of previous general searches.Peer reviewe

Search for new particles in events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A search is presented for new particles produced at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, using events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 101 fb(-1), collected in 2017-2018 with the CMS detector. Machine learning techniques are used to define separate categories for events with narrow jets from initial-state radiation and events with large-radius jets consistent with a hadronic decay of a W or Z boson. A statistical combination is made with an earlier search based on a data sample of 36 fb(-1), collected in 2016. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to the standard model background expectation determined from control samples in data. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on the branching fraction of an invisible decay of the Higgs boson, as well as constraints on simplified models of dark matter, on first-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to quarks and neutrinos, and on models with large extra dimensions. Several of the new limits, specifically for spin-1 dark matter mediators, pseudoscalar mediators, colored mediators, and leptoquarks, are the most restrictive to date.Peer reviewe

Measurement of prompt open-charm production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

The production cross sections for prompt open-charm mesons in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV are reported. The measurement is performed using a data sample collected by the CMS experiment corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 29 nb(-1). The differential production cross sections of the D*(+/-), D-+/-, and D-0 ((D) over bar (0)) mesons are presented in ranges of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity 4 < p(T) < 100 GeV and vertical bar eta vertical bar < 2.1, respectively. The results are compared to several theoretical calculations and to previous measurements.Peer reviewe