Zeña GS

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 588-597
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ABSTRACT

This article discusses the current development model that benefits industrial-urban populations in the world, based on the use of oil and oil products, coal and nuclear energy, as well as the rudimentary model ingrained in poor populations from periurban areas, rural and native areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. Our objective was to assess the lack of human approach of science and technology under the present development interventions, represented in the implementation of the appropriate technologies. The requirements for the implementation of appropriate technology and two health technologies of this kind to replace two inefficient rudimentary technologies were set forth. Furthermore, the factors limiting the adhesion of the beneficiary population to them and the suitability of the functioning of socially appropriate technology in line with the uses and customs of the population were also explored. The paper delved into the contribution of the knowledge of the human being from the social science perspective, and the methodology for the attainment of health goals.
Finally, it was stated that a socially appropriate technology is the result of a conscious community involved in active work to materialize the idea of a technology capable of providing health for all.

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