Environment and health with respect to a poverty-related disease: the epidemiology of trachoma in Spain, 1925-1941

被引：5

作者：

Bernabeu-Mestre, Josep ^{[1
]}

Galiana-Sanchez, Maria Eugenia ^{[1
]}

Monerris, Angela Cremades ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Alicante, Dept Community Nursing Prevent Med & Publ Hlth &, E-03080 Alicante, Spain

[2] Univ Alicante, Publ Hlth Programe, E-03080 Alicante, Spain

来源：

HISTORIA CIENCIAS SAUDE-MANGUINHOS | 2013年 / 20卷 / 04期

关键词：

trachoma; environmental health; Spain (1925-1941); public health;

D O I：

10.1590/S0104-597020130005000010

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

Trachoma currently represents one of the three main causes of 'avoidable' blindness and reaches intolerable dimensions in many developing countries. It was endemic in many regions of eastern Spain until well into the twentieth century. The aim of this paper is to analyze the epidemiological development of this disease in contemporary Spain; to examine its determining factors, particularly environmental and sanitary/health factors, and, finally, to study the health care, environmental and socio-economic measures that led to its control and eradication. We believe that the historical approach not only highlights the role of environmental factors in the development of trachoma, but may also aid in understanding the current epidemiology of trachoma.

引用

页码：1605 / 1619

页数：15