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TesiNavigating stigmas, cultural beliefs, and discretion. Experiences of service providers in Spain's anti sex trafficking support systems
(Universitat de Barcelona, 2025-06-13) Gunella, Chiara; Jubany, Olga; Mancinelli, Fabiola; Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social
[eng] This research examines how service providers in Spain—including professionals in law enforcement, social work, healthcare, advocacy, and training—tailor, deliver, and experience support services for women who have experienced sex trafficking. Through an ethnographic approach involving 32 semi-structured interviews and participatory observations in 6 training sessions, the research explores how these professionals navigate the dynamics of service provision and exercise their discretionary power. The thesis highlights that service delivery is impacted by a combination of internal and external factors. Internally, many professionals, particularly those working in NGOs, experience significant emotional strain, which is intensified by insufficient structural support. This strain frequently leads to compassion fatigue, causing providers to adopt standardised, less personalised care or to develop informal coping mechanisms that can negatively impact the women they work for. Additionally, preconceived ideas about the "ideal victim", but also "ideal survivor", and "ideal recovery" shape service practices in a way that neglects the unique needs of these women. Ideological beliefs also have a substantial influence: abolitionist providers often perceive all sex work as inherently harmful and advocate against any engagement with consensual sex work, whereas pro-rights providers focus on harm reduction and support survivors' choices, even if that includes consensual sex work as a means of reclaiming agency. These ideological stances can shape the nature of the services provided. Considering external factors, the locations where service providers conduct outreach—whether on streets, in private apartments, nightclubs, or online platforms—affect their operations and the degree of discretion they can exercise. This is due to the control exerted by traffickers, requiring them to navigate these environments with creative strategies. Cultural beliefs add complexity and require culturally sensitive, time-intensive engagement that often conflicts with rigid legal timelines. Organisational culture also impacts service delivery: law enforcement typically prioritises prosecution and measurable outcomes, whereas NGOs focus on trauma-informed, victim-centred care. This difference leads to inconsistent experiences for women depending on whether their first point of contact is with police or NGO staff.
Ethnographic data also highlight the necessity of targeted training to improve professional discretion. Observations suggest mandatory emotional management training to help professionals handle the demands of their roles. Additionally, specialised training resulted essential: healthcare workers need to recognise trafficking signs in medical settings, judges must understand how trauma affects survivor narratives, and police officers should employ more victim-centred approaches. The research also emphasises the need for community-based training, identifying taxi drivers, tourism workers, and sex work clients as key groups who frequently encounter potential indicators of trafficking that should be involved in trainings. Overall, this research underscores the complexity of delivering tailored, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed services to women who have experienced sex trafficking, calling for a holistic and collaborative approach that balances professional discretion, emotional support for service providers, and community engagement to meet the diverse needs of survivors.
AltresRecursos i eines per a l'elaboració del TFG. Grau en Conservació-Restauració de Béns Culturals. Curs 2025-2026
(2026-03-25) Universitat de Barcelona. CRAI Biblioteca de Belles Arts
Material de suport de les sessions de suport al Treball Final de Grau del Grau en Conservació-Restauració de Béns Culturals, dedicades a la recerca d’informació científica especialitzada, a l’ús ètic de la informació i a les citacions bibliogràfiques.
AltresRecursos i eines per a l'elaboració del TFG. Grau en Disseny. Curs 2025-2026
(2026-03-25) Universitat de Barcelona. CRAI Biblioteca de Belles Arts
Material de suport de les sessions de suport al Treball Final de Grau del Grau en Disseny, dedicades a la recerca d’informació científica especialitzada, a l’ús ètic de la informació i a les citacions bibliogràfiques.
AltresRecursos i eines per l'elaboració del TFG. Grau en Belles Arts. Curs 2025-2026
(2026-03-25) Universitat de Barcelona. CRAI Biblioteca de Belles Arts
Material de suport de les sessions de suport al Treball Final de Grau del Grau en Belles Arts, dedicades a la recerca d’informació científica especialitzada, a l’ús ètic de la informació i a les citacions bibliogràfiques.
ArticleNRN1 epistasis with BDNF and CACNA1C: mediation effects on symptom severity through neuroanatomical changes in schizophrenia
(Springer Verlag, 2024-05-09) Almodóvar Payá, Carmen; Guardiola Ripoll, Maria; Giralt López, Maria; Oscoz Irurozqui, Maitane; Canales Rodríguez, Erick Jorge; Madre, Mercè; Soler-Vidal, Joan; Ramiro, Núria; Callado, Luis F.; Arias Sampériz, Bárbara; Gallego González, Carmen; Pomarol-Clotet, Edith; Fatjó-Vilas Mestre, Mar
The expression of Neuritin-1 (NRN1), a neurotrophic factor crucial for neurodevelopment and synaptic plasticity, is enhanced by the Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF). Although the receptor of NRN1 remains unclear, it is suggested that NRN1’s activation of the insulin receptor (IR) pathway promotes the transcription of the calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C (CACNA1C). These three genes have been independently associated with schizophrenia (SZ) risk, symptomatology, and brain differences. However, research on how they synergistically modulate these phenotypes is scarce. We aimed to study whether the genetic epistasis between these genes affects the risk and clinical presentation of the disorder via its effect on brain structure. First, we tested the epistatic effect of NRN1 and BDNF or CACNA1C on (i) the risk for SZ, (ii) clinical symptoms severity and functionality (onset, PANSS, CGI and GAF), and (iii) brain cortical structure (thickness, surface area and volume measures estimated using FreeSurfer) in a sample of 86 SZ patients and 89 healthy subjects. Second, we explored whether those brain clusters influenced by epistatic effects mediate the clinical profiles. Although we did not find a direct epistatic impact on the risk, our data unveiled significant effects on the disorder’s clinical presentation. Specifically, the NRN1-rs10484320 x BDNF-rs6265 interplay influenced PANSS general psychopathology, and the NRN1-rs4960155 x CACNA1C-rs1006737 interaction affected GAF scores. Moreover, several interactions between NRN1 SNPs and BDNF-rs6265 significantly influenced the surface area and cortical volume of the frontal, parietal, and temporal brain regions within patients. The NRN1-rs10484320 x BDNF-rs6265 epistasis in the left lateral orbitofrontal cortex fully mediated the effect on PANSS general psychopathology. Our study not only adds clinical significance to the well-described molecular relationship between NRN1 and BDNF but also underscores the utility of deconstructing SZ into biologically validated brain-imaging markers to explore their mediation role in the path from genetics to complex clinical manifestation.