%0 Journal Article %T La salud de los mexicanos, un tema de pel¨ªcula de los a£¿os sesenta %A Gudi£¿o Cejudo %A Mar¨ªa Rosa %J Memoria y Sociedad %D 2010 %I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana %X through the cinematographic representation of the rural teacher, the social worker and the malaria sprayer man, whom i called sanitarians intermediaries, the recreation of the malaria eradication campaign of 1957 and tuberculosis prevention campaign of 1960, this article analyze in four ¨¦poque films the presence of a visual and oral discourse full of nationalistic symbols that overdo the mexican state labor in public health activities. i confirm that mexican health films of the ending fifties used as education health tools, functioned as mass media propaganda for health authorities in order to create an image of a modern and healthy mexico. %K films %K hygienic education %K health campaigns %K sanitarians %K social workers %K nationalism %K propaganda %K short films %K public health %K m¨¦xico %K health education %K advertising %K cultural nationalism. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0122-51972010000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en