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Show 195 hension of medicine and its curative mechanism while, at the same time and without attacking it, expose the claims of curanderismo and its harmful consequences to health. All of the foregoing should be achieved with full group participation since only in this way is it possible to secure effective acceptance and continuance of the educative-sanitation program. Alvarez A., Jose, "Preparacion de Auxiliares de Enfermeria para Puestos de Salud Rural," Anuario Indigenista, XXVIII (December, 1968), pp. 133-140. English summary: The need for having personnel elements from the communities themselves who at the same time understand the work of the Rural Social Medical Service, and with the object that they should serve as a link between the desires of the medical team and the needs of the community, induced the author, Director of Rural Social Medical Service of the Andean Mission, to train elements from said communities as the permanent personnel who would help in the maintenance of the Health and Sanitation Program on the rural community level in Ecuador. He emphasizes the special interest that should exist with respect to the direct and constant supervision of this type of assistant not only on the part of the health workers but also by the other officials of the development teams in whose activities said assistants could be collaborators. Barragan Sanchez, Ignacio, "Un Programa de Salud en el Medio Indigena Mexicano," Anuario Indigenista, XXVII (December, 1968), pp. 141- 151. English summary: This article analyses the aspects that should be included in every health program to be applied to the Mexican Indian environment. The special geographic and human conditions that prevail therein impose the need for preparing health programs of an integral type in which the active intervention of the inhabitants is a basic element and in which all persons participating, professionals as well as assistants, should act as true agents of cultural change. Thus, the author describes the characteristics of an ideal program which as in every health program has as its immediate ends those of giving medical and preventative medical attention to the Indian population, seeking the cooperation of all of the inhabitants, as well as the acceptance and utilization of the program and, as long-range ends, the lowering of sickness and mortality rates and the integration of the Indian nucleus into national life. Rabeau, E. S., "Planeamiento Familiar en la Division de Salud Indigena," Anuario Indigenista, XXVIII (December, 1968), pp. 152-162. English summary: The Division of Indian Health of the United States Public Health Service is responsible for the implementation of a total health program for approximately 340,000 Indians and 45,000 Alaska Natives. They constitute a young population with a median age of 17.2 years. The birth rate in 1965, was 41.5 for 1000 population |