Administrative Unit
Listening and Community Support Center
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Services
Active Listening
Providing Support and Welcome
Follow-up and Support
Community Engagement
Guidance and Counseling
Referral to Institutional Networks
Mental health is a state of well-being that allows people to face life in a balanced way. It is strengthened through life skills, such as emotional and social abilities, which help manage stress and build healthy relationships.
Strategies aimed at improving performance and adaptation in educational and work environments. They include the implementation of academic excellence policies and institutional training plans designed to develop competencies and skills for personal and professional success.
A conscious and continuous practice in which a person recognizes their physical, emotional, and mental needs, and makes decisions aimed at preserving their health and balance.
Promotes equality of rights, responsibilities, and opportunities. It includes gender policies, inclusive education, integrity codes, and ensures fair access to services for people with different abilities.
Promotes spaces that encourage the creation, exchange, and appreciation of artistic and cultural expressions. It includes policies for cultural diversity and initiatives that recognize the cultural richness of the university community.
Strategies that balance university and personal life. They include the implementation of work disconnection guidelines, family training programs, and activities that involve families, prioritizing well-being and leisure time.
Promotes healthy lifestyles and self-care by implementing safety policies, preventing the use of psychoactive substances, encouraging physical activity and sports, and creating spaces that foster a safe and healthy environment.
Promotes a sense of institutional belonging, civic education, and environmental care. It includes environmental policies, respect for public spaces, and responsible coexistence.
POLICY AND LEVEL OF
Prevention
The Mental Health Policy focuses on three pillars: “Take Care of Yourself,” “Release,” and “Recharge.” The Listening Center concentrates on the second pillar, “Release,” which involves building a community-based model that fosters the development of resilient environments.
Likewise, it operates at a secondary prevention level aimed at identifying populations at risk of developing mental health problems.
Resultados de la intervención
Beneficiados Comunidad UIS
Beneficiados por semestre
Atención individual
Beneficiados capacitación
IMPORTANCE OF THE
Center

Primary mental health care

Biopsychosocial approach under a prevention model

Identification and mitigation of risk factors

Strengthening of protective factors

Safe space for active listening, support, guidance, and training

Emotional education

Strengthening of inter- and extra-institutional networks

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Timely care and guidance
SOCIAL
Stakeholders
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Team
Narda Katherine
RÁTIVA
Psychiatrist
Master’s student in Higher Education
Juliana
DÍAZ
Psychiatrist
Specialist in Psychiatry and Mental Health
Ángela
MATEUS
Psychologist
Specialist in Human Talent Management
María Andrea
RODRÍGUEZ
Psychologist
Psychologist
Laura Daniela
REINA
Social Worker
Master’s degree candidate in Management and Public Policy
Mónica Lucía
SARMIENTO
Psychologist
Master’s in Social Innovation and Territory
SIGNIFICANT
Achievements
INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTION
- Easy and timely access: location and response time.
- Welcoming place and favorable environment for the listening process.
- Clarity in the information received.
- Effectiveness of the tools proposed by the professionals in charge.
- Positive user perception of the Listening Center as a “safe space.”
COLLECTIVE INTERVENTION
- High community participation.
- Destigmatization of mental health.
- Awareness toward mental health care.
- Training in Psychological First Aid.
- Promotion and prevention work on risk factors.
- Timely detection of risk.
WOULD YOU LIKE MORE INFORMATION?
Contact Us
Active Listening Center
WhatsApp: +57 315 761 4787
Email: saludmental.apoyo@uis.edu.co
Campus Central UIS
Bucaramanga, Santander
Carrera 27 calle 9
Centro de Escucha, junto a Bienestar Campestre
Office Hours
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.