Intergenerational Solidarity and Mental Health in Higher Education: Intergenerational Programs

This study is a reflexive method practice that pretends to improve the teaching-learning processes through experience and the use of theory. This is how intergenerational programs based on solidarity and dialogue are approached as a support tool for a problem that is evident in the classrooms and that has an impact on the class dynamics, as well as on the academic student's achievement and their mental health. Day after day, significant problems such as depression, anxiety, and suicide in young students are increasing. Therefore, it is proposed a theorical and exploration approach by addressing the axes of reflective practice: professional scenario, personal experience, and reflection, visualizing the viability of intergenerational programs proposed by the authors approaching as critical- reflective prototypes from which there are undoubtedly several actions and lines of research to work, to achieve the validation and creation of this in the future. Taking as a case study the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, where we seek to have a first approach to make a proposal related to intergenerational programs at higher education Institutions. With this theorical approach and multiple readings from international solidarity, dialogue, and existing programs from other parts of the world, the evidence allows us to think that this knowledge's proposal, development, and application enable the teachers to position themselves as an active agent of transformation and formation.