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<journal-title><![CDATA[Universitas Psychologica]]></journal-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Novoa Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica María]]></given-names>
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<volume>5</volume>
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<fpage>455</fpage>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font face="verdana" size="2">     <p align="right"><b>PRESENTACI&Oacute;N</b></p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>       <p><b>M&oacute;nica Mar&iacute;a Novoa G&oacute;mez</b>     <br>Directora Grupo de Investigaci&oacute;n en Psicolog&iacute;a y Salud-Colciencias(A).     <br>Pontificia Universidad Javeriana</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>  <hr size="1">     <p>Este n&uacute;mero tem&aacute;tico de la revista Universitas Psychologica es la  culminaci&oacute;n del compromiso adquirido en el I encuentro de Investigadores en Psicolog&iacute;a, llevado a cabo en la ciudad  de Cali el a&ntilde;o anterior, en el cual se plante&oacute;, como reto y necesidad, la presentaci&oacute;n al p&uacute;blico y al debate acad&eacute;mico  de los trabajos de investigaci&oacute;n que diversos grupos de investigaci&oacute;n desarrollamos sobre la psicolog&iacute;a en el &aacute;rea  de la salud.</p>      <p>As&iacute;, los art&iacute;culos presentados en este n&uacute;mero explicitan  el compromiso y proyecci&oacute;n social en el contexto nacional e internacional; y muestran el trabajo acad&eacute;mico realizado por los investigadores  en Colombia resaltando la pertinencia y los aportes de la investigaci&oacute;n en el &aacute;rea, su diversidad conceptual  y los lineamientos metodol&oacute;gicos que permitir&aacute;n avanzar en un conocimiento social y disciplinar relevante. El Grupo de Investigaci&oacute;n  en Psicolog&iacute;a y Salud, de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ha liderado este proceso con el objetivo de avanzar  en la conceptualizaci&oacute;n de la d&iacute;ada salud-enfermedad, con una visi&oacute;n interdisciplinaria y desarrollando investigaci&oacute;n  bajo los par&aacute;metros del rigor cient&iacute;fico.</p>      <p align="right"><b>PRESENTATION</b></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>       <p><b>M&oacute;nica Mar&iacute;a Novoa G&oacute;mez</b>     <br>Director Health and Psychology Research Group - Colciencias (A). Pontificia Universidad  Javeriana</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>  <hr size="1">      <p>This monographic number of the Journal Universitas Psychologica constitutes the  end of a compromise acquired during the 1st Encounter of Researchers in Psychology (Cali, Colombia, 2005),  when was stated as a goal and a necessity the academic discussion of the projects of different research groups  related with health psychology.</p>      <p>That is why the articles included in this number made explicit the compromise  and social projection related to the national and international context. Also, they show the academic work developed  by the Colombian researchers, underlying the pertinence, the contributions on this area, the conceptual diversity  and the methodological orientations which will support the relevant social and disciplinary knowledge. The Health  and Psychology Research Group of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana has leaded this process with the intention of  advancing in the conceptualization of the duality health-illness, with an interdisciplinary perspective and developing  research under a strong scientific rigor </p> </font>      ]]></body>
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