Validation of a Questionnaire of Food Education Content on School Catering Websites in Spain.

The aim of this study was to design and validate a questionnaire on quality and food education on catering company websites. For the validation of the questionnaire, its reliability, feasibility and content validity characteristics were determined. For content validity, a panel of experts was used and the overall and item-wise Content Validity Index (CVI) of the experts' responses was calculated. Reliability was determined by the inter-judge agreement method with the analysis of 30 websites using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the Bland and Altman plot. Adequate content validity was verified by obtaining a very high CVI (above 0.80) in the analysis of the expert panel's responses and excellent inter-observer agreement with a very high global ICC (above 0.90) value in the determination of test-retest reliability. The questionnaire is a valid instrument for the evaluation of the quality of school catering websites and their content in food education, as it has good feasibility, high content validity and excellent reliability.

Cultural Adaptation and Evaluation of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey to the Mediterranean Spanish Context (NEMS-P-MED).

Individuals' perceptions of their food environments are a mediator between exposure to the environment and people's interaction with it. The Nutrition Environment Measures Surveys (NEMS) are valid and reliable measures to assess food environments. In Spain, there is no adapted instrument to measure the perceived obesogenic environment. This article aims to adapt and evaluate the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for a Spanish context (NEMS-P-MED). The Spanish version has 32 questions to measure the perception about availability, accessibility and marketing of 3 types of environment: home, shops and restaurants. We assess feasibility, construct validity and internal consistency reliability through a sample of 95 individuals. The internal consistency was acceptable for most items (Cronbach's alpha coefficients range from 0.6 to 0.9), similar to that of the original scale. The NEMS-P-MED has been shown to be valid and, on certain items reliable, and was useful to assess the population's perceptions of the food environment in the home, restaurants and food stores in a Spanish context. Adapting standardized measurement tools to specific contexts to assess the perceived and observed characteristics of food environments may facilitate the development of effective policy interventions to reduce excess weight.

Efectos de un programa alternativo de promoción de la alimentación saludable en comedor escolar / Effects of an alternative program to promote healthy eating in school canteen

Resumen El objetivo del estudio fue determinar los efectos sobre los hábitos alimentarios de escolares en una intervención educativa alternativa al modelo convencional de promoción de alimentación a un centro con comedor y proyecto de huerto ecológico. Estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal y comparativo de 111 niños y niñas entre 9 y 12 años, en el periodo 2013-15. Se comparó un colegio con intervención alternativa con otro que únicamente incluía contenidos propios del currículo de Educación Infantil y Primaria, mediante evaluación de adherencia a la dieta mediterránea del alumnado con cuestionario validado Kidmed. El centro de intervención presentó mayor adherencia a la dieta mediterránea que el centro control. En el centro de intervención el porcentaje de alumnado con dieta óptima (64,52%) fue mayor que los que necesitaban mejorar su dieta (33,87%), mientras que en el centro fue inferior (42,86% y 51,02% respectivamente). Los escolares del centro de intervención presentaron mayor porcentaje de respuestas afirmativas en ítems Kidmed. El programa de promoción de alimentación saludable alternativo del centro de intervención podría ser efectivo para la adquisición de una dieta de mayor adherencia a la dieta mediterránea.

Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the effects on school feeding habits in an educational intervention alternative to the conventional model of feeding promotion to a center with school canteens and ecological garden project. Cross-sectional and comparative descriptive observational study of 111 boys and girls between 9 and 12 years old, in the 2013-15 period. A school with alternative intervention was compared with another one that only included contents of the Infant and Primary Education curriculum, by means of evaluation of adherence to the mediterranean diet of the students with a validated Kidmed questionnaire. The intervention center presented greater adherence to the mediterranean diet than the control center. In the intervention center, the percentage of students with optimal diet (64.52%) was higher than those who needed to improve their diet (33.87%), contrary to what occurs in control center (42.86% and 51.02% respectively). The students of the intervention center presented a higher percentage of affirmative answers in Kidmed test. The program of promotion of healthy alternative food of the intervention center could be effective for the acquisition of a diet of greater adherence to the mediterranean diet.

[Effects of an alternative program to promote healthy eating in school canteen]. / Efectos de un programa alternativo de promoción de la alimentación saludable en comedor escolar.

The objective of this study was to determine the effects on school feeding habits in an educational intervention alternative to the conventional model of feeding promotion to a center with school canteens and ecological garden project. Cross-sectional and comparative descriptive observational study of 111 boys and girls between 9 and 12 years old, in the 2013-15 period. A school with alternative intervention was compared with another one that only included contents of the Infant and Primary Education curriculum, by means of evaluation of adherence to the mediterranean diet of the students with a validated Kidmed questionnaire. The intervention center presented greater adherence to the mediterranean diet than the control center. In the intervention center, the percentage of students with optimal diet (64.52%) was higher than those who needed to improve their diet (33.87%), contrary to what occurs in control center (42.86% and 51.02% respectively). The students of the intervention center presented a higher percentage of affirmative answers in Kidmed test. The program of promotion of healthy alternative food of the intervention center could be effective for the acquisition of a diet of greater adherence to the mediterranean diet.

El objetivo del estudio fue determinar los efectos sobre los hábitos alimentarios de escolares en una intervención educativa alternativa al modelo convencional de promoción de alimentación a un centro con comedor y proyecto de huerto ecológico. Estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal y comparativo de 111 niños y niñas entre 9 y 12 años, en el periodo 2013-15. Se comparó un colegio con intervención alternativa con otro que únicamente incluía contenidos propios del currículo de Educación Infantil y Primaria, mediante evaluación de adherencia a la dieta mediterránea del alumnado con cuestionario validado Kidmed. El centro de intervención presentó mayor adherencia a la dieta mediterránea que el centro control. En el centro de intervención el porcentaje de alumnado con dieta óptima (64,52%) fue mayor que los que necesitaban mejorar su dieta (33,87%), mientras que en el centro fue inferior (42,86% y 51,02% respectivamente). Los escolares del centro de intervención presentaron mayor porcentaje de respuestas afirmativas en ítems Kidmed. El programa de promoción de alimentación saludable alternativo del centro de intervención podría ser efectivo para la adquisición de una dieta de mayor adherencia a la dieta mediterránea.

[Nutrition and gastronomy in the region of Valencia]. / Nutrición y gastronomía en la Comunitat Valenciana.

INTRODUCTION: Objectives: to analyze the historical development of the Valencian dietary model, establish the relationship between gastronomy and nutrition and explore the role that reclaiming and adapting culinary and gastronomic traditions could play in the promotion of healthy eating. Methods: literature search and content analysis of studies on the subjects under study. Results: traditional Valencian cuisine is characterized by its variety and diversity at local and regional level; however, the extensive use of vegetables in its dishes and recipes renders it unique and was a crucial aspect of the Valencian population's successful food and nutrition transition in the 1960s. Westernization of the Valencian diet and loss of the heritage of the Mediterranean diet in the late 20th century led to a deterioration in the population's nutritional status and the emergence of problems such as overweight and obesity. Faced with this scenario, the modern cuisine spearheaded by the food sector in the Region of Valencia offers an opportunity to reverse this situation, reclaim the region's gastronomic heritage through dialogue between tradition and innovation and help restore healthier eating habits. Conclusions: the culinary grammar of traditional Valencian gastronomy can improve the population's nutrition by providing a healthy, attractive and tasty diet, besides offering a sustainable alternative for production and consumption through its commitment to regional produce.

INTRODUCCIÓN: Objetivos: analizar la evolución histórica que ha experimentado el modelo alimentario valenciano, la relación que cabe establecer entre gastronomía y nutrición y el papel que pueden jugar la recuperación y la adaptación de las tradiciones culinarias y gastronómicas en la promoción de una alimentación saludable. Metodología: búsqueda bibliográfica de trabajos que se han ocupado de los temas objeto de estudio y análisis de sus contenidos. Resultados: la cocina tradicional valenciana se caracteriza por su heterogeneidad y su diversidad comarcal y local, pero la base vegetal de sus platos y recetas le otorga una idiosincrasia gastronómica propia, que resultó clave para completar, en la década de los sesenta, la transición alimentaria y nutricional de la población valenciana. La occidentalización de los regímenes alimentarios de los valencianos y la pérdida de los referentes patrimoniales de la dieta mediterránea que tuvo lugar en las últimas décadas del siglo xx conllevaron un deterioro de su estado nutricional y la emergencia de problemas como el sobrepeso y la obesidad. Frente a semejante panorama, la actualidad y el protagonismo alcanzando por el sector de la gastronomía en la Comunitat Valenciana puede ofrecer una oportunidad para revertir esta situación y, desde el diálogo entre la tradición y la innovación, poner en valor un patrimonio gastronómico que ayude a recuperar hábitos alimentarios más saludables. Conclusiones: la gramática culinaria de la gastronomía valenciana tradicional puede mejorar la forma de nutrirnos al aportar una alimentación saludable, atractiva y sabrosa, además de ofrecer, por su compromiso con el territorio, una alternativa sostenible de producción y consumo.

Data Collection Instruments for Obesogenic Environments in Adults: A Scoping Review.

The rise in obesity prevalence has increased research interest in the obesogenic environment and its influence on excess weight. The aim of the present study was to review and map data collection instruments for obesogenic environments in adults in order to provide an overview of the existing evidence and enable comparisons. Through the scoping review method, different databases and webpages were searched between January 1997 and May 2018. Instruments were included if they targeted adults. The documents were categorised as food environment or built environment. In terms of results, 92 instruments were found: 46 instruments measuring the food environment, 42 measuring the built environment, and 4 that characterised both environments. Numerous diverse instruments have been developed to characterise the obesogenic environment, and some of them have been developed based on existing ones; however, most of them have not been validated and there is very little similarity between them, hindering comparison of the results obtained. In addition, most of them were developed and used in the United States and were written in English. In conclusion, there is a need for a robust instrument, improving or combining existing ones, for use within and across countries, and more sophisticated study designs where the environment is contemplated in an interdisciplinary approach.

[Malnutrition and inequalities in developmentalist Spain: rural food and nutrition surveys]. / Malnutrición y desigualdades en la España del desarrollismo: las encuestas rurales de alimentación y nutrición.

INTRODUCTION: the stage of autarky and early years of developmentalism was one of the periods in the contemporary history of Spain when inequalities in food and nutrition became more pronounced. OBJECTIVES: to examine malnutrition among the rural population (municipalities with fewer than 2000 inhabitants), including territorial inequalities and the delayed onset of a rural food and nutrition transition. METHODS: we analysed the rural food and nutrition surveys carried out by the General Commission for Supplies and Transport (Spanish initials: CAT) and the Food and Nutrition Education Programme (Spanish initials: EDALNU) between 1964 and 1972. RESULTS: the rural population presented a deficit of animal proteins, calcium and vitamins A and B2, due to scant consumption of protective foods. Andalucía and inland Spain were the regions with the highest percentage of people whose diet did not meet nutritional requirements. These deficiencies were not only responsible for the prevalence of caries and skin, mucous membrane and eye lesions, but were also behind delayed growth (height and weight). This was not the result so much of poverty as of the persistence of poor eating habits. CONCLUSIONS: besides evidencing the delayed onset of a food and nutritional transition in the Spanish rural population, our findings document policies that sought to encourage the consumption of protective foods in rural areas and empower the population with regard to food and nutrition.

Introducción: la etapa de la autarquía y los primeros años del desarrollismo fue uno de los periodos de la historia contemporánea de España en el que las desigualdades en materia alimentaria y nutricional se hicieron más evidentes.Objetivos: abordar la malnutrición que afectaba a la población rural (municipios de menos de 2000 habitantes), sus desigualdades territoriales y el retraso que mostraba su transición alimentaria y nutricional.Métodos: se han analizado las encuestas rurales de alimentación y nutrición que llevaron a cabo la Comisaría General de Abastecimientos y Transportes (CAT) y el Programa de Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición (Edalnu) entre 1964 y 1972.Resultados: la población rural mostraba un déficit de proteínas animales, de calcio, de vitamina A y de vitamina B2, justificado por el escaso consumo que realizaba de alimentos protectores. Andalucía y la España interior eran las regiones que mostraban mayores porcentajes de personas que no alcanzaban los requerimientos nutricionales. Dichas carencias, que explicaban la prevalencia de caries, así como de lesiones en la piel, en mucosas y oculares, también estaban detrás del retraso en la talla y el peso. No respondían tanto a la escasez de recursos económicos como a la persistencia de hábitos alimentarios inadecuados.Conclusiones: los resultados, además de mostrar el retraso de la población rural española en términos de transición alimentaria y nutricional, avalan las políticas que buscaban estimular en el ámbito rural el consumo de alimentos protectores y empoderar a la población en materia de alimentación y nutrición.

The health educator network as a nutrition education strategy: the example of the EDALNU programme (1963-1994) / La red de promotores de salud como estrategia de educación alimentaria: el ejemplo del Programa EDALNU (1963-1994).

Food and nutrition education is an essential tool to ensure public health. The year 1961 saw the launch of the Food and Nutrition Education Programme (EDALNU), which helped Spanish population to complete their nutrition transition. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the health education network which was created as part of the program. A total of 46,752 people, 94% of whom were women, received training on food and nutrition. Of these, 89.54% obtained the basic certificate, and 8.80% were awarded the diploma. Some 1,407 courses were given, reaching a peak in 1979 with 131 courses and 4,029 students. The most active provinces were Madrid, with 26.65% of the courses; Valencia, with 7.60%; Murcia, with 7.53%, and Malaga, with 6.75%. The Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education organized the largest number of courses (26.23%), followed by the Women's Section (11.16%) and Catholic Action (5.12%). Diploma courses were taught for 160 hours, while basic courses lasted 40 hours. The training delivered was affected by changes in the EDALNU program and the Spanish administrative and political structure. Our research revealed that the development and gender balance of the network of trainers presented regional inequalities, and that a wide range of institutions were involved in delivering the courses

La educación en alimentación y nutrición es una herramienta fundamental para garantizar la salud. En 1961, se puso en marcha el Programa de Educación en Alimentación y Nutrición (EDALNU), que ayudó a la población española a completar su transición alimentaria y nutricional. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las características de la red de promotores de salud que se desarrolló en el marco del programa. Recibieron formación relacionada con alimentación y nutrición 46.752 personas, el 94% de ellas mujeres. El 89,54% obtuvo el título de iniciado y el 8,80%, el de diplomado. Se realizaron 1.407 acciones y en 1979 se alcanzó el momento más álgido, con 131 cursos y 4.029 alumnos. Madrid, con el 26,65% de cursos; Valencia, con el 7,60%; Murcia, con el 7,53%, y Málaga, con el 6,75%, fueron las provincias más activas. El Ministerio de Cultura y Educación fue el encargado de organizar el mayor número de cursos (26,23%), seguido de Sección Femenina (11,16%) y Acción Católica (5,12%). La duración y los contenidos formativos de los cursos eran de 160 horas para los diplomados y 40 para los iniciados. La acción formativa desarrollada estuvo sometida a los cambios que experimentó el Programa y a los que afectaron a la estructura administrativa y política española. La investigación ha mostrado las desigualdades territoriales que acompañaron el desarrollo de la red de formadores, su componente de género y el carácter plural de las instituciones que organizaron los cursos.

Relación del micro-ambiente obesogénico con el exceso de peso: estudio piloto en la población de una ciudad del sureste español / Relationship between obesogenic micro-environment and excess weight: pilot study in adult population from Spanish southeast

El ambiente obesogénico que se puede definir como la suma de las influencias que los entornos, las oportunidades, o circunstancias de la vida, tienen para promover obesidad en individuos o la sociedad. El objetivo de este trabajo es describir la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad (SP/OB) y su relación con variables del micro-entorno obesogénico en la población de 18-64 años residentes en la ciudad de Elche (España). Para ello se ha realizado un estudio transversal, donde se recogen diversas variables con una muestra piloto de 150 participantes. Se ha calculado la prevalencia de SP/OB y sus correspondientes intervalos de confianza y para medir la relación entre variables se utilizó la prueba Chi-cuadrado. Entre los principales resultados destacan que el 52,0% de la población presenta SP/OB siendo mayor en varones (59,5%); ésta prevalencia se incrementa con la edad. Hay una mayor prevalencia en personas con bajo nivel educativo (60,7%), bajos ingresos (61,1%), y en las personas en desempleo (58,6%). Se observa una mayor prevalencia en las personas que duermen menos de 6 horas (62,5%), en personas sedentarias (66,7%), y en aquellas con bajo nivel de estrés (64,7%). También presentan mayor prevalencia aquellos que frecuentan restaurantes menos veces (58,3%), los que acuden a restaurantes de menú (70,3%) o de comida basura (57,1%), que utilizan máquinas expendedoras (61,9%) y aquellos que comen acompañados (56,5%). Existe una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre el SP/OB con la edad, situación laboral, nivel de estudios, tipo de restauración colectiva de preferencia y comer acompañado(AU)

The important role of the environmental and lifestyle factors in the prevalence of overweight and obesity, has been well established and constituting es the obesogenic environment. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its relationship with the micro-obesogenic environment variables in the population of 18-64 years from Elche city (Spain). We have designed a cross-sectional study, which includes several variables and the pilot sample was composed of 150 participants. The prevalence of overweight and obesity and its corresponding confidence intervals has been calculated. In order to establish relationships between variables the chi-square test was used. Among the main results, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is was 52,0%, being greater in males (59,5%) and increased with age. According to socioeconomic variables, there is a higher prevalence in people with a low educational level (60,7%) and a low income (61,1%). Also a higher prevalence in people who sleep less than 6 hours (62,5%), in sedentary people (66,7%) and those with low levels of stress (64,7%). Regarding the micro-environment, a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in people who visit restaurants occasionally (58,3%), those who frequently follow restaurant menues (70,3%) or fast-food restaurants (57,1%), who use vending machines (61,9%) and those who eat accompanied by other people (56,5%). There is a statistically significant association between overweight and obesity with age, work status, level of studies, type of catering preference and eating accompanied by people(AU)

Environment and health with respect to a poverty-related disease: the epidemiology of trachoma in Spain, 1925-1941 / Ambiente e saude em doenca relacionada a pobreza: a epidemiologia do tracoma na Espanha, 1925-1941

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.

O tracoma representa hoje uma das três principais causas de cegueira ‘evitável' e tem alcance inaceitável em muitos países em desenvolvimento. Era doença endêmica em muitas regiões da Espanha oriental século XX adentro. O objetivo do presente artigo é analisar o desenvolvimento epidemiológico da doença na Espanha contemporânea; examinar seus fatores determinantes, especialmente os ambientais e sanitários, e, finalmente, estudar as medidas de assistência médica, socioeconômicas e ambientais que levaram a seu controle e erradicação. Acredita-se que a abordagem histórica revela a importância dos fatores ambientais no desenvolvimento do tracoma e ajuda a compreender o perfil epidemiológico atual da doença.

[Gender and profession in the historical development of community nursing in Spain]. / Género y profesión en la evolución histórica de la Enfermería Comunitaria en España.

Community and public health is probably the field where nurses have achieved the highest levels of professional independence, and their contribution is most valued. However, there are still major obstacles to full development, some of them linked to gender. It is therefore important to analyse the historical background of this situation in Spain in order to gain a better understanding of the many problems and shortcomings that still persist in Community Nursing today. Community nurses contributed to the development of Public Health in contemporary Spain, starting in the 1920s and culminating in the Second Republic. However, the Franco regime brought a halt to the process of professionalisation. By analysing the public conflict between visiting female nurses and practicantes (professional male medical auxiliary technicians) during the Second Republic and throughout the Franco regime, we examine the impact of gender on the development of nursing in Spain as one of the conditioning factors, and how it continues to influence the structuring of competencies and the distribution of responsibilities and power in this field.

Simultaneous implementation of the Bachelor, Masters and PhD degrees in nursing in the Universidad Jaume I. Castellón de la Plana, Spain / Implantación simultánea de los niveles Grado, Máster y Doctorado en Enfermería en la Universidad Jaume I. Castellón de la Plana, España / Implantação simultânea dos níveis graduação, mestrado e doutorado em enfermagem na universidade Jaume I. Castellón da Plana, Espanha

We present an experience in Nursing Education, accredited and implemented under the Spanish University System Reform in a Public University (Jaume I, Castellón) which had no previous nursing studies. The academics offered included all three educational levels (Bachelor, Master's and Doctorate), with an integrated theoretical-practical-clinical teaching methodology for the Bachelor Degree, competence acquisition in research in the Master's degree, and a doctorate formed by lines of research in the field of Nursing. Studies are accredited by the National Agency for Quality Assessment, which were authorized by the Spanish Ministry of Education and implanted between 2009 and 2011.

Se presenta una experiencia de Educación en Enfermería acreditada e implantada al amparo de la Reforma del Sistema Universitario Español, en una Universidad pública (Jaume I, Castellón) que no tenía los estudios de Enfermería previos. La oferta académica incluye los tres niveles formativos Grado, Máster y Doctorado, con una metodología docente integrada teórico-práctico-clínica en el nivel Grado, por adquisición de competencias en investigación en nivel Máster y un Doctorado, formados por líneas de investigación del ámbito de la Enfermería. Los estudios se acreditaron por la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad, los cuales fueron autorizados por el Ministerio de Educación Español y se implantaron entre los años 2009 y 2011.

Se apresenta uma experiência de Educação em Enfermagem credenciada e implantada ao amparo da Reforma do Sistema Universitário Espanhol, numa Universidade pública (Jaume I, Castellón) que não tinha os estudos de Enfermagem prévios. A oferta acadêmica inclui os três níveis formativos Graduação, Mestrado e Doutorado, com uma metodologia docente integrada teórico-prático-clínica no nível Graduação, por aquisição de concorrências em investigação em nível Mestrado e um Doutorado formado por linhas de investigação do âmbito da Enfermagem. Os estudos se credenciaram pela Agência Nacional de Avaliação da Qualidade, foram autorizados pelo Ministério de Educação Espanhol e se implantaram entre os anos 2009 e 2011.

La divulgación radiofónica de la alimentación y la higiene infantil en la España de la Segunda República (1933-1935) / Radio broadcasts regarding child nutrition and hygiene in the Second Spanish Republic (1933-1935)

El trabajo analiza la incorporación de medios tecnológicos, en particular la radio, en el proceso de divulgación del conocimiento sobre la salud infantil durante la Segunda República española. En el marco de la campaña sanitaria contra la mortalidad infantil que puso en marcha la Segunda República en la década del 30, la Asociación Española de Médicos Puericultores Titulados, en colaboración con Unión Radio, organizó dos ciclos de conferencias radiofónicas que pretendían explicar, a través de un discurso divulgativo de tono descriptivo dirigido a las clases populares, las nociones fundamentales de la higiene y la alimentación infantil, e impulsar una cultura de la prevención, guiada y orientada por los dictados de los expertos. Se trataba de una acción de propaganda y divulgación que tenía su continuidad en el medio familiar y comunitario a través de la actuación de las enfermeras visitadoras puericultoras, contemplando a las madres como población diana.

This study analyses the incorporation of technological communications media, in particular the radio, as a way of popularizing knowledge about child health in the Second Spanish Republic. As part of the health campaign to fight infant mortality launched by the Second Republic in 1930s, the Spanish Association of Pediatricians collaborated with Unión Radio to produce two series of radio conferences aimed at explaining in a descriptive tone the basics of child nutrition and hygiene to the working classes. The intention was to foment a culture of prevention led and guided by child health care experts. This communication campaign was given continuity in the home and in the community through the activity of visiting childcare nurses, with mothers as the target population of these interventions.

[Community health and social action in the epidemiologic control of infantile trachoma, Spain (1932-1939)]. / Salud comunitaria y acción social en el control epidemiologíco del tracoma infantil, España (1932-1939).

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.

[Diagnostic categories and gender: two examples in contemporary Spanish medicine, chlorosis and neurasthenia (1877-1936)]. / Categorías diagnósticas y género: los ejemplos de la clorosis y la neurastenia en la medicina española contemporánea (1877-1936).

Chlorosis and Neurasthenia are two classical examples of pathological dissociations and the difficulties involved in approaching their diagnosis using scientific-naturalistic criteria. In the realm of those difficulties, the study examines the androcentric viewpoint and the ideological perspective of Contemporary Spanish Medicine when addressing the feminine nature and women's pathologies. Moreover, based on the similarities with present-day pain and fatigue syndromes, the study underlines the need to review the clinical approach to these illnesses by attempting to overcome the existing biomedical limitations.

[Historical background data of Spanish community nutrition: the works of the National School of Health between 1930-36]. / Antecedentes históricos de la nutrición comunitaria en España: los trabajos de la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, 1930-36.

This study analyses the historical background data on Spanish community nutrition by means of the study of the first attempts toward institutionalization which took place in the Nutrition and Food Hygiene Division of the Spanish National Health School, restricting the search to the 1930-1936 period. In conjunction with the training of the public healthcare professional in the subjects related to nutrition and diet, a research program was carried out which took in three major areas of work. In order to be able to ascertain what the average regular diet of Spaniards and to serve as guidance for the preventive measures aimed at achieving a proper diet, consumption-related studies and surveys were conducted. A study was made of the chemical composition of Spanish foods for the purpose of determining the possible lacks. Lastly, the health problems entailed in a deficient diet in risk groups such as diabetics were analyzed. The results of the research revealed that the average diet of Spaniards, especially those of the working classes, was far from being able to be considered balanced from the nutritional point of view. The greatest problems lay in a deficit of animal proteins, as well as major lacks in mineral and vitamin intake. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 halted the institutionalization process being carried out. It was only in the 1960's, following the parenthesis of the first stage of the Franco era, that the health authorities once again took an interest in these diet-related problems.

[Ecology as a center of interest]. / La ecología como centro de interés. La enfermera comunitaria en salud ambiental.

The authors discuss the role of community health nursing in environmental health by means of a review of current literature about this topic, setting up the most adequate search method. As a result of this review, the authors found these articles to be the most interesting: MEDLINE: 30 precision rate (TP): 31%; CINALH: 17, TP 31%; CSIC ICYT. 4, TP 22%; DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS: 2, TP 13%. The most effective search strategy was "community health nursing and environmental health". The need to analyze the role of nursing in environmental health does not appear in articles until 1990. Conceptual analysis of this topic has already occurred; its practical application is the present challenge. The preliminary results of this research project were presented at the VIII Congress of the Spanish Association of Public Health and Sanitary Administration.