Browsing by Author "Sepulveda, Carolina"

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    Facilitating Factors and Barriers to the Implementation of the Icelandic Prevention Model of Adolescent Substance Use in Chile: A Focus Group Study
    (2024) Sepulveda, Carolina; Ibanez, Carlos; Libuy, Nicolas; Guajardo, Viviana; Araneda, Ana Maria; Contreras, Lorena; Donoso, Paula; Mundt, Adrian P.
    The use of alcohol and other drugs is a major public health problem in adolescence. The implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies is still scarce in the global south. This study aimed to evaluate facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the Icelandic prevention model of adolescent substance use (IPM) in Chile. We conducted a qualitative study of stakeholders during the implementation process of the IPM in six municipalities of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. We convened six focus groups with parents and professionals from schools and municipal prevention teams (38 participants). Recordings were transcribed and submitted to a six-step thematic analysis. The following facilitators emerged: Participants valued the contribution of the IPM to articulate existing programs and teams, its community focus, and the local data obtained through the survey. There were also several barriers: Those included resistance to adopting a foreign model, the tension between generating local strategies and looking for measures to ensure the fidelity of the implementation, socioeconomic differences between and within municipalities, low-risk perception and supervision of parents in Chile, and a culture that generally does not discourage adolescent substance use. Implementation of the IPM was largely accepted by the stakeholders who agreed with the community approach of the model. The main barriers to consider were related to cultural and socioeconomic factors that need to be addressed in further research and may limit the effects of the model in Chile.
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    Sustainable Housing in Chilean Patagonia: From Greenhouse to Dwelling
    (EUROPEAN CENTER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 2015) Osorio Schmied, Emil; Becker, Alex; Sepulveda, Carolina; Zuloaga, Rocio
    The complete lack of a sustainable housing market in the cold and rainy context of Valdivia, Southern Chile (39 degrees 49' S, 73 degrees 14' W), draws the need to find an affordable solution for the construction of energy-efficient living spaces. A team of architects undertook the challenge, whilst acknowledging other environmental issues such as the use of recycled materials. Based on research, the greenhouse principle was the focus of the design, as it dealt with prevailing weather conditions in a more proper fashion, by maximising daylight and solar gains during the long, cold winter, and also by allowing small-scale farming all year round, amongst other features. The greenhouse was thought to perform more as an in-between space -in terms of temperature and lightning-to all common zones in a house (e.g., a doorway or a living room), rather than applying to each inhabited space, individually. The architects researched on the above qualities to see whether they applied to the new prototype or not. Both potential overheating -in the short warm season-and glare risks were taken into account, by conducting specific environmental assessments (e.g., natural lighting levels) on both physical and virtual models.