title: [The Mexican Public Health School and its continental interaction: 1945-1982].
abstract: This article analyzes a 37 year period during which the Mexican School of Public Health gave priority to teaching over research, related with American projects that promoted students exchange and became part of the group of Latin American Schools of Public Health that created the Latin American association of Public Health Schools (ALAESP). Due to the contribution of the Pan-American Health Organization, the association got together on a regular basis between 1959 and 1979 and the Mexican representatives participated in the discussions held to improve performance within schools and make sure they were all oriented towards the three main priorities: teaching, research and implementation of services in the community. Based upon this context, which was ruled by the OPS, we now analyze the role of the Mexican school in the generation of human resources for health and its performance within the context of Latin American Schools.
authors.affiliation: Secretaría Académica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México.
authors.forename: María Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gudiño-Cejudo
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magaña-Valladares
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008800:Mexico; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000266:history*