Abstract

DAHER, Marianne  and  JARAMILLO, Andrea. Changes and trajectories of participation from the experience of users of psychosocial support programs. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.4, pp.1425-1436. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.up14-4.ctpe.

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study whose objective was to describe and make a relational analysis the changes experimented by participants of two emblematic Chilean social programs: Programa Puente and Programa Calle, both belonging to the Social Protection System. Twelve in-deep interviews were made, which were analyzed following the procedures of Grounded Theory. Changes on a personal level (physical well-being, personal value, vital showdown), economic (greater economic capacity, better money management, purchase goods) and relational (improving family and social relations) were identified. These changes interacted with each other and varied according to the level of vulnerability of people, defining different program participation paths.

Keywords : poverty; vulnerability; social programs; psychosocial support; qualitative assessment.

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