Santos-Burgoa C, Alatorre-Eden Wynter R, Carrillo G, Rivera-Ramírez L, Rojas-Bracho L, Escamilla-Cejudo J A, Lara-Flores E, Cortinas de Nava C
Escuela de Salud Pública de México, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública.
Salud Publica Mex. 1993 Mar-Apr;35(2):202-13.
Our country is presently undergoing a historical, environmental and economic transition, along with an intense industrial expansion. As the rapid industrialization has not run parallel with the strengthening of environmental sanitary infrastructure, metropolitan cities have grown anarchically, turning over excessive amounts of air, water and soil pollutants. The harmonic combination of development, environment and health requires the supervision of trained human resources. The scarcity of such resources is a major restriction to overcome. In response to the lack of human resources devoted to environmental issues, the School of Public Health of Mexico established the Specialty of Environmental Health. In coordination with experts and decision makers from the health services, this specialty was reorganized in a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Health. Several institutions participated in this program actively, either with financial support or with human resources. The major obstacle to the continuity of the Program has been the lack of institutional financial support for students to devote fully to the programs. Nevertheless this Master's Degree is expected to undergo intense development in coming years. In the future, this program will have to reduce its epidemiologic focus and adopt a more general one. Efforts will be directed toward a wider national and international projection.
我国目前正经历一场历史、环境和经济转型，同时伴随着工业的迅猛扩张。由于快速工业化未能与环境卫生基础设施的加强同步，大城市无序发展，排放了过量的空气、水和土壤污染物。发展、环境与健康的和谐结合需要有专业的人力资源进行监管。此类资源的匮乏是一个亟待克服的主要制约因素。为应对环境问题方面人力资源的短缺，墨西哥公共卫生学院设立了环境卫生专业。该专业与卫生服务领域的专家和决策者协作，重新组建为环境卫生理学硕士学位。多个机构积极参与了该项目，提供了资金支持或人力资源。该项目持续推进的主要障碍在于缺乏机构对学生全身心投入项目的资金支持。尽管如此，预计该硕士学位在未来几年将得到大力发展。未来，该项目将不得不减少流行病学方面的侧重，采用更具综合性的方向。工作将朝着更广泛的国内和国际影响力努力。
