The workers’ liberation brigades (Concepción, Chile 1968 - 1973) Example of popular participation in health (excessive alcohol consumption)

Abstract

Excessive alcohol consumption is a central public health problem in Chile. Its treatment has followed biomedical / administrative criteria (National Program, 1957), without major impact on the population, but also promoting popular participation in health, especially in the period 1968-1973, in a new concept of interaction with those affected and the community. The article states the social context of that time and the perspectives that emerge from this vision of the problem.