title: [Community health and social action in the epidemiologic control of infantile trachoma, Spain (1932-1939)].
abstract: Within the context of the endemic trachoma that affected different regions of Spain until the 1960s, this paper analyses the epidemiological determinants of child trachoma and its treatment, based on a preventive care model which incorporated the concept of community health that took shape during the interwar period. Early detection of cases, together with preventive measures, education, therapy and inspections, such as those carried out by visiting nurses, all helped to control the disease. Our results reaffirm the validity of the horizontal intervention strategies used for improving the sanitary conditions and environmental factors responsible for this prevalence of trachoma.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Alicante.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernabeu-Mestre
authors.forename: María Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Galiana-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012572:School Health Services / Q000266:history; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D014141:Trachoma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history