Table 1 Content of the course for training intercultural brokers in Guerrero State (May to June 2015)

Introductory module

 Western medicine, biomedical model and traditional health

Health

 Memory, will, and concepts about medicinal plants

 Traditional concept of heat and cold

 Self-care

Nature and environment

Nature

Culture and intercultural dialogue

Culture

Traditional knowledge

Module of applied concepts

 Cultural context and identity in Mexico

Culture

 National and international legislation on behalf of indigenous peoples

 Internet, accounting basics and management

 Cultural diversity

 Oral tradition

 Traditional values and principles

 Indigenous education

 Basics of ecology

Nature

 Soils and organic fertiliser

 Participatory mapping

 Tools for nature observation

 Biological diversity and its relation with cultural diversity

 Territories conserved by indigenous communities

 Food sovereignty and local food

 The health system of Mexico and official health programmes

Health

 The human body

 Vital signs

 Nutrition

 First aid and injections

 Management of emergencies

 Wound care

 Most prevalent health problems in Guerrero (dengue, chikungunya, skin disorders, scorpion sting, diabetes, violence and oral health)

 Healthcare of a healthy child

 Healthcare of a sick child (undernourishment, acute diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, intestinal parasitic infections)

Final cross-cutting module

 Women’s health

 Self-care promotion

 Support of traditional midwifery

Practices and fieldwork

 Practice: building a planting bed

 Fieldwork: nature observation and planting bed

 Fieldwork: botanical garden

 Fieldwork: archaeological sites