Sonia Hernández-Plaza

E-mail: sonia.h.plaza@gmail.com

Academic qualifications: PhD in Social Phsycology by the Universidad de Alméria (2002)

Current professional situation: Post-Doctoral in Sociology grant by the Science and Technology Foundation

Current interests of investigation: Immigration and health, cultural competence of healthcare services Interdisciplinary research: Sociology, Community psychology, Social psychology Action – research, Equity in healthcare Social justice, wellbeing and health Qualitative methods, mixed methods; Healthcare inequalities in contexts of diverstiy; Health and healthcare in times of crisis

Recent Publications:
PADILLA, Beatriz; HERNÁNDEZ-PLAZA, Sonia & ORTIZ, Alejandra (2013), “Avaliando as boas práticas em Saúde e Migrações em Portugal: Teoria, prática e política” [Evaluating good practices on health and migration in Portugal: Theory, practice and politics], Forum Sociológico, 22: 33-41. (ISSN 0872-8380).

HERNÁNDEZ-PLAZA, Sonia (2013), Periodic Report of the Project: “Meeting the healthcare needs of culturally diverse populations: A psycho-sociopolitical approach to cultural competence in health professionals” (PsySPOCUC), Marie Curie Actions FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF (Intra-European Fellowship, Ref. 272976), 7th Research Framework Programme, European Commission, Research Executive Agency.

HERNÁNDEZ-PLAZA, Sonia (2013), Final Report of the Project: “Meeting the healthcare needs of culturally diverse populations: A psycho-sociopolitical approach to cultural competence in health professionals” (PsySPOCUC), Marie Curie Actions FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF (Intra-European Fellowship, Ref. 272976), 7th Research Framework Programme, European Commission, Research Executive Agency.

PADILLA, Beatriz; HERNÁNDEZ-PLAZA, Sonia; FREITAS, Cláudia; MASANET, Érika; SANTINHO, Cristina; ORTIZ, Alejandra (2013), “Cidadania e diversidade em saúde: necessidades e estratégias de promoção de equidade nos cuidados”, Saúde & Tecnologia, Suplemento,Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa – ESTeSL, pp.57-64. Disponível em: http://www.estesl.ipl.pt/sites/default/files/ficheiros/pdf/art_11_estesl_suplemento_2013.pdf

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