Browsing by Author "Daher, Marianne"

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    Agentes de intervención en programas psicosociales: tipos de apoyo y efectos según nivel de vulnerabilidad
    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, ) Daher, Marianne; Jaramillo, Andrea; Rosati Bustamante, Antonia Andrea
    Psychosocial support programs focus their work in the relation established between intervention agents and participants. Theoretical literature highlights the importance of this relationship and agents' characteristics, as well as empirical studies show its link with the intervention effects. However, those are generic characterizations, without deepening in participants' diversity, and based on pre-established variables that do not consider participants' experiences. The objective of this study was to analyze, from the perspective of two Chilean psychosocial programs participants, the relation with their intervention agents and its influence in the implementation and effects of the social programs, taking into account their vulnerability level. Twelve interviews were done, analyzed using the Grounded Theory. We identified positive and negative experiences related to the psychosocial support given by the intervention agents, and different changes, occurring that for people in greater vulnerability, emotional support acted as a crucial mean to receive technical support. We conclude that is relevant that intervention agents can adequate themselves to participants' particular profiles.
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    Articulating institutions and communities for integral security
    (2023) Solimano, Clara; Sierpe, Manuela; Rosati, Antonia; Daher, Marianne; Cifuentes, Sofia
    The objective of this article is to analyze the neighborhood insecu- rity and security, from the perspective of neighbors, community leaders and key actors of a social intervention done in a vulnerable territory of Santiago, Chile. Qualitative methodology was used, ele- ven interviews were conducted, and five focus groups were created, in which 46 people participated. Institutional and community ar- ticulation for integral security is the main result. The sensation of insecurity is described, associated to 'the external', which produces learned hopelessness, isolation and confinement inside homes, as well as low neighborhood participation. In contrast, the sensation of security is presented, associated with 'the internal', with the strategies of self-defense and personal and community strengthening. The effects of these strategies are reported, focusing on information and group reflection on issues relevant to security, the strengthe- ning of neighborhood relations, and the care and appropriation of public spaces. The scope of the intervention is recognized in relation to increasing the feeling of security and its limitation in terms of decreasing the feeling of insecurity; and recommendations to move towards integral security are offered.
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    Institutional Dimension of Burnout in Governmental Psychosocial and Community Programmes: Gaps between Intervening Conditions, Consequences, and Guidelines for Improvement
    (2024) Daher, Marianne; Rosati, Antonia; Tomicic, Alemka; Hernandez, Angie; Alfaro, Jaime
    This article analyses burnout in governmental psychosocial and community programmes considering training/knowledge, the technical-professional field, the institutional framework, and networking, based on the experience of the intervention teams of three Chilean programmes. A qualitative methodology was used. Fifty people, most of them psychologists, participated in interviews and focus groups. The data were analysed according to Grounded Theory. Results indicate that burnout is a corrosive process in governmental psychosocial and community programmes. The causes of burnout are related to three gaps: between academic training and professional performance, between formulation and implementation, and between the obligation to work as part of a network and the limitations of this approach. Furthermore, we observed manifestations consequences and effects of burnout, and guidelines for improving the programmes. We discuss the institutional dimension of burnout in governmental psychosocial and community programmes and reflect on aspects that may improve team well-being and the quality of social policies.
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    Report Failure in Applied Research and Social Program Evaluation: An Invitation to Epistemic Integrity
    (2023) Daher, Marianne; Rosati, Antonia; Cifuentes, Sofia
    From a critical community psychology approach, this article seeks to visibilize social interventions that exhibit failings, thus exerting epistemic violence, by critically analyzing a microfinance project executed in India by an emblematic international research center of the Global North. Through fieldwork and interviews, we identified four shortcomings of the intervention: issues affecting the participants, implementation problems, limited effects of the project, and dissatisfaction with the intervention. This case illustrates how the prioritization of research objectives to the detriment of a proper implementation of the underlying social interventions constitutes epistemic violence as well as academic and epistemic extractivism. Based on this information, we intend to advance an expanded notion of epistemic violence, going beyond data analysis and taking into account the conditions of knowledge production in applied research, exemplified by a social program evaluation and their consequences for participants. This approach allows us to visibilize the importance of report failure and propose the concept of epistemic integrity, which is aimed at generating socially relevant knowledge while democratizing said knowledge, encouraging power redistribution, and promoting social justice. Regarding applied research, we discuss specific considerations for epistemic integrity.
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    The right to dream: A cross-sectional look at poverty alleviation programs
    (2023) Daher, Marianne; Tomicic, Alemka; Rosati, Antonia; Campero, Maria Jose
    Studies on social programs reveal the absence of a cross-sectional perspective capable of identifying common aspects that improve the living conditions of their participants while also contributing to poverty alleviation. To detect such elements, we examined the transformations in the experiences and meanings associated with poverty and its alleviation by conducting semistructured interviews and focus groups with participants and intervention team members that implemented six social programs in Chile and Peru. We conducted a descriptive and relational analysis guided by Grounded Theory, which revealed three overarching elements: notions of poverty, notions of the overcoming of poverty, and changes necessary for overcoming poverty. Lastly, based on a complex view of poverty and considering the contributions of community psychology, we propose that interventions in this field must create meaningful relational spaces that restore participants' objective and subjective rights, such as the right to dream.
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    The value of women coming together: Effects and practices of a gender-focused community intervention funded by a government agency
    (2022) Daher, Marianne; Cifuentes, Sofia; Saa, Madelaine; Rosati, Antonia; Hernandez, Angie
    The gender focus has been incorporated into public policies as a strategy to reduce gender inequity and overcome discriminatory stereotype behaviors. However, the state or institutional feminism has been questioned for being uncritical and not very transformative, where the critical and transformative nature of community psychology offer valuable opportunities. In this context, effects and practices of a community intervention funded by a government agency and aimed at the de-naturalization of gender stereotypes and its consequences in everyday life with vulnerable women, mostly older adults, are analyzed. Using a qualitative methodology, interviews and focus groups with women who participated in the intervention, community leaders, and key actors were conducted. A total of 46 people took part in the investigation. Data were analyzed using Grounded Theory. Facilitating and hindering factors influencing the gender-focused community intervention implemented were identified. Furthermore, effects linked to community participation among women are regarded as affirmative acts in response to social vulnerability, with self-care, co-care, and empowerment regarding gender stereotypes standing out as the main results. Finally, the value of women's gatherings in community spaces, linking them with the contributions of feminist theory, and outline points of tension and challenges facing gender-focused community interventions are discussed.