Welcome to the 21st WCP Virtual Congress Program Scheduling

The first two decades of the 21st-century have brought about significant transformations in health care delivery, marked health disparities, civil unrest, unforeseen public health crises in the forms of natural disasters, the opioid epidemic, unprecedented rates of health care professionals burnout and suicide, the coronavirus pandemic and more upcoming challenges, such as the post-acute COVID19 syndrome. Individuals and communities are responding to these overwhelming circumstances in ways yet to be seen. Syndemics framework examines the health consequences of identifiable health problems interactions and the social, environmental, or economic factors that promote such interaction and worsen disease. Current and future health care providers need effective tools such as arts and humanities along with other evidence-based practices and experiences to address complex situations. We will review state of the art psychosocial interventions which incorporate a syndemics framework for the prevention of mental health problems and, discuss the “Tabonuco model”, a unique intervention implemented in Puerto Rico after two major hurricanes, earthquakes, political crisis, in the context of the COVID19 pandemics and, preparing for the long term neuropsychoimmunological effects of this human experience. Our innovative approach is an interprofessional, psychoeducational, culturally adapted fluid intervention for healthcare providers and other survivors of these catastrophic events. The “Tabonuco”, a native tree of Puerto Rico is our symbol. It connects with other members of its community through its roots. The model is an adaptation of the SEDE method (Navarro, 1998) that integrates arts and humanities and has demonstrated to be reliable and applicable to different scenarios.