Environmental noise evolution during COVID-19 state of emergency: Evidence of Peru’s need for action plans

Producción CientíficaIn Peru, as in many countries worldwide, varying degrees of restrictions have been established on the movement of the population after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the condition of pandemic by COVID-19. In Lima, there have been different degrees of compulsory social immobilization (CSI), and the resumption of activities was planned in three consecutive phases. To analyse and evaluate the influence of such restrictions on the evolution of environmental noise, an investigation was carried out in one of the main avenues in the city of Lima during various successive mobility restriction conditions. The sound pressure level was measured, and the traffic flow was also registered. Considering that in Peru there is no environmental noise monitoring system whatsoever, in situ data are extremely valuable and allow the environmental noise problem to be depicted, even if in a limited area of the big city. The results show that in spite of the strongly restrictive social immobilization conditions, the measured noise levels have remained above the WHO recommendations and often above the Peruvian environmental noise quality standards. The results highlight the need to properly assess the environmental noise and noise sources in the city of Lima as well as the number of people exposed in order to adequately implement effective and cost-efficient noise mitigation action plans

Documentación asociada al PID2021_149

Documentación asociada al PID 149 del curso 2020-2021Departamento de Ciencias de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica, Expresión Gráfica en la Ingeniería, Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodesia y Fotogrametría, Ingeniería Mecánica e Ingeniería de los Procesos de Fabricació

Mindfulness y compasión en el Sistema Nacional de Salud

En las últimas décadas se ha producido un interés creciente por las intervenciones basadas en mindfulness en contextos de salud. Nuestro grupo de trabajo, con profesionales de la red de salud mental de los hospitales públicos Príncipe de Asturias, en Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), y La Paz, en Madrid, se ha centrado principalmente en las psicoterapias ofertadas desde el sistema nacional de salud, integrando elementos de mindfulness desde el año 2010, tanto en el trabajo con los pacientes como en el modo de entender la práctica de la psicoterapia. Mindfulness es un proceso psicológico central para cambiar la forma en que nos relacionamos no sólo con problemas existenciales cotidianos (enfermedad, pérdidas, muerte) sino también con problemas de salud mental como las ideas suicidas, la depresión crónica o los síntomas psicóticos, que generan importante malestar emocional. En este trabajo revisamos la experiencia de la introducción del mindfulness en la atención a los pacientes en los servicios de salud mental correspondientes a estos dos hospitales de Madrid y, además,en el cuidado de los profesionales y en la formación de especialistas.In recent decades there has been a growing interest in mindfulness-based interventions in health contexts. Our working group, with professionals from the mental health network of the Prince of Asturias public hospitals, in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), and La Paz, in Madrid, has focused mainly on psychotherapies offered from the National Health Service, integrating elements of mindfulness since 2010, both in the work with patients and in the way of understanding the practice of psychotherapy. Mindfulness is a central psychological process to change the way we relate not only to everyday existential problems (illness, loss, death) but also to mental health problems such as suicidal ideas, chronic depression or psychotic symptoms, which generate important emotional discomfort. In this work we review the experience of the introduction of mindfulness in the care to patients in the Mental Health Service corresponding to these two hospitals in Madrid and, in addition, in the care of professionals and in the training of specialists