Article ID: CBB001552734

Prevention Rather Than Cure: The Emergence and First Stage of the Centros de Higiene Infantil in Mexico City, 1922--1932 (2015)

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Alanis, Mercedes (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 22, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 391-409


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese.
Language: Portuguese

This article deals with the main features of the emergence and first ten years of the Centros de Higiene Infantil, facilities run by the Departamento de Salubridad Pública from 1922 on in Mexico City with the goal of providing care for mothers from pregnancy onwards and children from birth to two years of age. It reviews the actions that gave rise to this project and how it became established. It analyzes the structure of these centers, the characteristics of the mothers and children seen there and the functions performed by doctors and nurses, stressing the notion of preventing childhood illnesses, and ends with a first assessment of the effects and limitations of these centers.

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Authors & Contributors
Birn, Anne-Emanuelle
Perdiguero Gil, Enrique
Bliss, Katherine Elaine
Blom, Ida
Bowblis, John R.
Cabella, Wanda
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Estudios Interdisciplinarios de America Latina y el Caribe
Journal of Economic History
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Publishers
Cambridge University
University of Minnesota
Florida State University
Pennsylvania State University Press
Seminari d'Estudis sobre la Ciència
University of Michigan Press
Concepts
Infant health services
Public health
Medicine
Maternal health services
Infant care
Great Britain, colonies
People
King, Truby
Ballantyne, John William
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Mexico City (Mexico)
Spain
Uruguay
Africa
Great Britain
Israel
Institutions
Sociedad Española de Higiene
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