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Epidemics, health policies, and the regional links between the ports of Veracruz and Havana in the second half of the 19th century

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM

José Ronzón-León, Ph.D. , Program on Historiography, Department of Humanities, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco (Mexico City), Mexico City, Mexico
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The vibrant commercial exchange between the seaport cities of Veracruz (Mexico) and Havana (Cuba) during the second half of the nineteenth century meant a constant movement of products and people that produced a complex health landscape. Both ports were walled urban settlements that registered poor health conditions among their inhabitants. This research presentation will use a comparative perspective to analyze the population composition and the urban conditions in both cities and the emergence of epidemics and the consequent public health measures implemented in order to contain them.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Environmental health sciences
Other professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Identify public health measures implemented in port cities in the 19th century. Explain how public health measures in port cities in the 19th century advanced and/or hindered the achievement of social justice in health.

Keyword(s): Public Health Infrastructure, Environmental Justice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a leading authority on the history of public health in Mexico, including in relation to its port cities, which are the focus of the presentation that I will give in this APHA session. For examples of my relevant scholarship, see: http://posgradocsh.azc.uam.mx:8080/swb/Historiografia/Ronzon_Leon ; see especially: Ronzón Jose. Health and modernity in the ports of the Caribbean Alto, 1870-1915. Mexico: UAM-Atzcapotzalco / Miguel Angel Porrua, 2004. 192 p. ISBN 970-701-427- X
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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