
Christian Díaz de LeónUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | UMSNH
Christian Díaz de León
Public Health - Health Systems
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Introduction
My research interests include: Health systems improvement topics; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in health systems and public health; Digital Health / eHealth; Health promotion and self-care; Pharmaceutical care.
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Consejo Nacional de Humanidades Ciencia y Tecnología
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- Researcher
Education
August 2011 - August 2015
September 2007 - August 2010
February 2000 - November 2005
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Publications (33)
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are an opportunity for innovation and improvement for health systems. The different applications of ICT in the health field have been associated with the term electronic health (e-Health) or digital health and have shown to be cost-effective and promote health systems performance. Taking as a guide t...
Objetivo: Explorar el acceso y uso de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación
(TIC) con fines de autocuidado en pacientes con diabetes tipo 2 (DT2) usuarios de
servicios de salud públicos en México.
Materiales y Métodos: Estudio de caso con abordaje mixto. Se aplicaron entrevistas
semiestructuradas y un cuestionario estructurado a 15 pacientes co...
Background/Objective: The present study aimed to contribute to analyzing the psychometric properties of the WHO Quality of Life Scale for Older Adults (WHO-QoL-Old) in a sample of older adults in Michoacán, Mexico. Methods: 111 older adults from Michoacán, Mexico, participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test t...
Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo contribuir al estudio de la validez y confiabilidad de la versión en español de la Escala de Valoración de Capacidad de Autocuidado (ASA) en mujeres en adultez de temprana a media (de 21 a 59 años de edad). Se construyó un cuestionario con los 24 ítems de la Escala ASA, con ítems para explorar específicamente variabl...
Introducción
: este trabajo tuvo por objetivo contribuir en el estudio de la validez y confiabilidad de la versión en español de la Escala de Valoración de Capacidad de Autocuidado (ASA) en adolescentes.
Materiales y métodos
: se construyó un cuestionario con los 24 ítems de la escala ASA, junto con ítems para explorar variables sociodemográficas,...
Objective: The present work carries out an adaptation of the Academic
Motivation Scale (EMA) to be used in professional nursing education
(EMA-Enf) and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
Materials and method: An adaptation to a Spanish version of the EMA
was made for its use in the context of professional nursing education.
A structured quest...
El presente trabajo tuvo por objetivo contribuir al estudio de las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Valoración de Capacidad de Autocuidado (Escala ASA) en diferentes grupos demográficos. Se incluyó en la muestra un total de 1,156 participantes. Se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC) para el modelo unidimensional partiendo de...
Bioinformatics is a very important informatics tool for health and biological sciences, focusing on biological data management. The objective of this work was to perform a bibliometric analysis regarding the development of Mexican bioinformatics. An exhaustive revision of the literature associated with Mexican bioinformatics in a period of 25-years...
Este trabajo tuvo por objetivo contribuir en el estudio de la validez de la “Escala de valoración de la capacidad de autocuidado” (escala ASA) en adultos mayores y analizar su asociación con conductas y condiciones relacionadas con la salud. Se construyó un cuestionario y se aplicó a 165 adultos mayores residentes de Michoacán (México). Se realizó...
The objective of this work was to contribute to the study of the validity of the “Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale” (ASA scale) in older adults and to analyze its association with health-related behaviors and conditions. A questionnaire was constructed and applied to 165 elderly residents of Michoacán, Mexico. A confirmatory factor analysis of t...
In this work, we present a diagnostic analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the current state of Bioinformatics in Mexico. We conducted semi-structured interviews among researchers and academics with key expertise in this field, identified by bibliometric analyses and qualitative sampling techniques. Additionally, a...
The Internet has the potential to be a valuable resource for the dissemination of health promotion information to the general population, mainly in conditions with well-developed health and digital literacy. Few studies have been undertaken on the adoption of the Internet by the Mexican population and its use to seek health information. The aim of...
The objective of this study was to explore a strategy for evaluating an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system implemented in the public health services of Aguascalientes, Mexico. A questionnaire based on DeLone and McLean's Model of Information Systems Success (MISS) was adapted to Spanish and applied with 62 primary care physicians working in hea...
El presente trabajo tiene el objetivo de explorar el desarrollo de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (componentes de eSalud) en servicios de salud públicos de México, así como indagar sobre los facilitadores y barreras para su implementación. Se realizó un estudio de caso en el Instituto de Servicios de Salud del Estado de Aguascalie...
Electronic health (e-Health) is a broad concept that involves the application of information and communication technologies to systems for surveillance, prevention, promotion and health care. e-Health components mainly include supply and resource management systems (appointment schedules, clinical laboratory or pharmacy), electronic medical records...
Electronic health (e-Health) is a broad concept that involves the application of information and communication technologies to systems for surveillance, prevention, promotion and health care. e-Health components mainly include supply and resource management systems (appointment schedules, clinical laboratory or pharmacy), electronic medical records...
Health systems are dynamic complex structures, whose main aim is to satisfy health needs of populations. According to the World Health Organization, health systems put together four key functions: 1) stewardship-governance, 2) financing, 3) resources generation, and 4) provision of health services to meet three key objectives: to maintain or improv...
Objetivo:
Analizar desigualdades en el trato adecuado en la atención a pacientes sin seguridad social que utilizan servicios de salud ambulatorios en las Unidades de Atención Primaria (UAP) de los servicios estatales de salud de la Secretaría de Salud, en México.
Métodos:
Se trata de un diseño transversal y ecológico que plantea como unidades de a...
Background. In Mexico, the Modelo Nacional de Farmacia Hospitalaria (MNFH, or National Hospital Pharmacy Model), published in 2009, mainly aims to promote the provision of clinical pharmacy services in private and public hospitals. However, there is little scientific documentation about the quality of these services.
Objectives. To explore healthc...
Las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) son herramientas que pueden representar oportunidades para generar beneficios en la sociedad. No obstante, la brecha digital en el acceso, uso y apropiación social de estas tecnologías deriva en la exclusión de ciertos grupos de personas en la Sociedad de la Información y el Conocimiento (SIC)....
Con el objetivo de analizar la operación de los componentes del “Modelo Nacional de Farmacia Hospitalaria” (MNFH) relacionados con la optimización de la farmacoterapia en el sector público de México, se realizó un estudio de caso en la Unidad de Prestación de Servicios Farmacéuticos (UPSF) de un hospital de la Secretaría de Salud (SSA). Se identifi...
Poster presented at 4th ISPOR LA Conference
Background In many low-income to middle-income countries where there are limited economic resources, willingness to spend money is low. There is a need for analysis of the effects of small changes in willingness to pay (WTP) for health care to inform decision making in drug selection. Our goal in this study was to analyse the cost-effectiveness of...
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the total costs of treating female infertility due to anovulation in patients attending the Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital "La Raza". A cross-sectional and observational study was conducted. Thirty women older than 18 years with infertility due to anovulation were included; they were treated wi...
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the total costs of treating female infertility due to anovulation in patients attending the Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital “La Raza”. A cross-sectional and observational study was conducted. Thirty women older than 18 years with infertility due to anovulation were included; they were treated wi...
Worldwide, diabetes mellitus presents a high burden for individuals and society. In Latin America, many people with diabetes have limited access to health care, which means that indirect costs may exceed direct health care cost. Diabetes is Mexico's leading cause of death.
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness ratios of the most used oral hypoglycemic...