Manuel Herrera-Usagre

• MS.Sc., Ph.D.
• Science Adviser at Government of Spain

Musical taste has been a research focus in sociology, not in the way it is acquired in school, but how primary groups, e.g. family or peer groups, have influenced it. In this article we have used the Survey of Social Reality in Andalusia (2009) with the aim of showing the role played by individuals social characteristics on their music consumption...

This paper shows the results of a research project on relative social mobility patterns in Spain during the second half of the 20(th) century. The data were collected by the Spanish National Statistics Institute for the Survey of Incomes and Living Conditions (2005). This empirical material has not been used previously and it provides new data abou...

BACKGROUND Inadequate preoperative patient preparation causes organizational, economic, and emotional problems to patients and professionals. In Spain, no current evidence is available on either the rate of compliance or the impact of good compliance with preoperative recommendations by patients in the ambulatory setting. However, it is known that...

This study addresses income stratification by social class and gender in Spain’s working-class population from 2006 to 2019. Zhou’s (2012) S Index measures the level of stratification by groups, determining whether social class and gender affect income distribution. The Living Conditions Survey of the Spanish National Institute of Statistics provid...

Same performance, different paths. Social status, school performance and choices after compulsory Mismos rendimientos, diferentes trayectorias. Estatus social, desempeño escolar y decisiones tras la educación obligatoria education https://doi. Abstract The sociological literature has made great efforts to clarify the effect of social origin on educ...

Los líderes de la comunidad científica instan a los científicos a comprometerse activamente con el público, con el objetivo de fortalecer la relación entre la ciencia y la sociedad (Dudo y Beasly, 2016). Una forma de fomentar esa relación es mejorar las habilidades de comunicación científica entre los científicos para que el público en general pued...

Las tomas de decisiones educativas suponen una fuente de desigualdad entre estudiantes de diferentes estatus socioeconómicos. Hasta dos tercios de la variabilidad en las decisiones educativas pueden atribuirse a efectos directos del estatus socioeconómico, mientras que aproximadamente un tercio se explica por su influencia indirecta a través del re...

This article analyzes absolute and relative social mobility patterns in Southern European Countries (Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal) through three cohorts of men and women who reached occupational maturity from 1969 to 2004, a period of profound economic, political and cultural transformations. Previous research literature on these countries has...

El estudio del tiempo y la respuesta de los individuos ante cambios contextuales constituye un aspecto crucial en ciencias sociales, particularmente en el análisis de las desigualdades educativas y la implicación parental durante las etapas iniciales de la escolarización. El presente comentario tiene como objetivo contrastar ciertas conclusiones es...

Objectives: to verify which organizational, methodological, and resource-related characteristics of Continuing Health Education (CHE) help to best predict the professionals´ satisfaction. Method: a cross-sectional study with multivariate logistic regressions to predict a high mean satisfaction with different dimensions of educational actions used:...

Introducción: Las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC), y en particular las aplicaciones móviles de salud (AMS), son herramientas con un gran potencial para contribuir a los objetivos de la gestión y la asistencia sanitaria, como comunicación y continuidad asistencial. Objetivo: Describir la visión de los profesionales sanitarios sobr...

Introduction: Until 2014, the social centres for integrated care (SCIC) within Andalusia (Spain) could opt for quality management models: EFQM, standard ISO, UNE 158101. Description of policy context and objective: In 2013, the Regional Government of Andalusia identified the need to improve the quality of the integrated care offered by the differen...

The present paper represents the most recent study on social mobility carried out in Andalusia, Spain. The study focus on the inter-generational social mobility patterns, both relative and absolute rates, of the working population, both women and men, above 35 years old. The sample was distributed in two cohorts, those who were born between 1957 an...

The capacities and skills of a society’s labour force are probably the most important resources to strengthen long-term sustainable growth. However, the potential of this human capital not only generates returns in the economic sphere, but is also key to explaining the creative or innovative capacity of a society, as well as its cultural and artist...

Background: Healthcare accreditation seeks to promote the organisational change in healthcare organisations from an approach that values the level of progress achieved through a validated reference framework. The aim of this paper is to analyse the role played by accreditation through the experience perceived by health professionals during the pro...

Background: Inadequate preoperative patient preparation causes organizational, economic, and emotional problems to patients and professionals. In Spain, no current evidence is available on either the rate of compliance or the impact of good compliance with preoperative recommendations by patients in the ambulatory setting. However, it is known tha...

La colección Actualidad forma parte del catálogo de publicaciones científicas de la fundación y está destinada tanto al lector especializado como a la opinión pública en general. Cada una de sus ediciones se estructura como informes monográficos para el fomento de la reflexión y el análisis sobre aspectos de relevancia para la sociedad andaluza del...

Background: As eHealth and mHealth are expanding the concerns about the guarantees that must surround these technologies are increasing. Objective: To get to know the opinion of the public on the use and willingness towards communication with health professionals based on new technologies and the use of health apps recommended by those professional...

Health information spreaded all over the mass-media stands on no evidence-based protocols. Since it is usual to find wrong health information and controversial advices, it may lead to misunderstandings which can be harmful to our health. Em-Phasys project is conceived as a high quality reliable health information platform supported by the scientifi...

Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the elements of human, structural and social capital that contribute to organizational learning in health institutions. Method: An explanatory descriptive study. The sample was 1074 nurses from seven hospitals in the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. An identification data and the questionnaire of hum...

Confiar en la educación y la inversión en capital humano como la mejor solución para reactivar el ascensor social no parece ser la respuesta más eficaz por la inflación credencialista que provoca, aunque acaba siendo la más funcional y popular. John Goldthorpe, catedrático emérito del Nuffield College (Oxford University), explica en su contribución...

Introduction: The preoperative anxiety is a state of discomfort or unpleasant tension resulting from concerns about illness, hospitalization, anesthesia, surgery or the unknown. Nurses play a vital role reducing preoperative anxiety. An accreditation program was developed in Andalusia (Spain) to measure nurses' competences in this and others field...

Introducción. La formación continuada es el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje activo que tiene lugar a lo largo de toda la vida profesional. Valorar el grado de satisfacción con dicho proceso se presenta como una tarea necesaria. Si bien la mayoría de cuestionarios que evalúan la satisfacción del alumnado contemplan las diferentes dimensiones del...

The objective of this study was to analyze knowledge on hand hygiene among staff workers in the Andalusian Public Health System (Spain). This was a cross-sectional study with surveys (2011) using the Hand Hygiene Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire for Healthcare Workers with the latent class analysis technique. The average number of questions answe...

O objetivo foi analisar o conhecimento sobre a higiene das mãos dos profissionais do Sistema de Saúde Andaluz (Espanha). Os inquéritos foram realizados em 2011, por meio do questionário Hand Hygiene Knowledge Questionnaire for Health-Care Workers, usando a técnica da análise de classe latente. Questões com porcentagens mais baixas de acertos são as...

The hand hygiene (HH) is one of the preventive practices more .widely and effectively implemented in the control of healthcare associated infections. However, there are several barriers to compliance. To assess which strategy, state-of-the-art strategies (availability of alcohol-based preparations, posters, instructions and training) or extended st...

Background: The hand hygiene (HH) is one of the preventive practices more .widely and effectively implemented in the control of healthcare associated infections. However, there are several barriers to compliance. Objectives: To assess which strategy, state-of-the-art strategies (availability of alcohol-based preparations, posters, instructions and...

Unlabelled: This study aims to determine the reliability of assessment criteria used for a portfolio at the Andalusian Agency for Healthcare Quality (ACSA). Data: all competences certification processes, regardless of their discipline. Period: 2010-2011. Three types of tests are used: 368 certificates, 17 895 reports and 22 642 clinical practi...

Objective: Analyze factors affecting the predisposition of Spanish citizens to use Internet-based communication channels (E-mail, blogs, social networks, and online recommendations). Methods: Secondary data were analyzed by applying a boosted regression tree (BRT) to the results obtained from the survey "Use and Applications of Information and C...

OBJETIVO: Analizar los factores que condicionan la predisposición de los ciudadanos españoles a utilizar los canales de comunicación basados en internet (correo electrónico, blogs, redes sociales y recomendaciones sobre recursos en internet). MÉTODOS: Análisis de datos secundarios mediante la técnica de árboles de regresión impulsados (BRT, Boosted...

Background.Pain assessment is a complex task that requires considerable effort due to its multidimensional nature. This assessment is, if anything, more complex in the case of children due to the difficulties of communication and language proficiency. Aim. To analyse pain reduction achieved by accredited nurses depending on the age of the children...

We did a systematic review to find recommendations on patient safety oriented toward improving the quality of care in nursing homes, residential facilities, housing for the elderly and long-term care facilities, among others. One hundred and thirty-four articles were selected in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL up to October 2012. Of these, 17 met inclus...

The aim of this study was to identify the different groups that can affect or be affected by an agency charged with the promoting and guaranteeing of health care quality in Andalusian region (Spain) and to provide a framework with the stakeholders included in different categories. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design. A case study wi...

Resumen El empleo de estrategias enfocadas a lograr el mayor impacto y eficacia de la comu-nicación debe ser un valor fundamental en cualquier organización, especialmente aquellas que orbitan en torno a la atención en salud. El presente trabajo realiza una valoración sobre el cambio de estrategia llevado a cabo en el año 2010 por el equipo de comun...

In the last decade, digital file sharing has gone from being a phenomenon confined to a small share of the population to become a phenomenon with a great social, media, economic and political impact. The reason is none other than the perception of a direct causal element between increasing downloading practices and decreasing purchases of cultural...

En l’ultima decada, l’intercanvi d’arxius a traves d’Internet ha passat de ser un fenomen limitat a una minoria de la poblacio a convertir-se en un fenomen de gran impacte social, mediatic, economic i politic. El motiu es la percepcio d’un element de causalitat directe entre l’increment de les descarregues i la disminucio de les compres de bens cul...

La Sociología ha acudido con frecuencia al estudio de las clases sociales y del estatus social para explicar las diferencias en los hábitos y las prácticas culturales. Con el presente artículo hemos pretendido acotar las características sociales que tienen mayor influencia sobre los hábitos de consumo cultural. Para ello, hemos utilizado el marco q...

La colección Actualidad forma parte del catálogo de publicaciones científicas de la fundación y está destinada tanto al lector especializado como a la opinión pública en general. Cada una de sus ediciones se estructura como informes monográficos para el fomento de la reflexión y el análisis sobre aspectos de relevancia para la sociedad andaluza del...

Este artículo presenta los resultados de un trabajode investigación sobre los patrones de movilidad socialrelativa en España a lo largo de la segunda mitaddel siglo XX. Los datos aquí pertenecen a la Encuestade Condiciones de Vida (2005) del INE.Hasta ahora, este material no ha sido utilizado enninguna investigación reciente sobre la movilidad soci...

Este artículo presenta los resultados de un trabajo de investigación sobre los patrones de movilidad social relativa en España a lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo xx. Los datos aquí pertenecen a la Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida (2005) del INE. Hasta ahora, este material no ha sido utilizado en ninguna investigación reciente sobre la movilida...

El concepto de gated community ha adquirido gran relevancia en las ciencias sociales, debido a ser una herramienta conceptual muy útil para examinar los fenómenos de privatización y fortificación espacial que se han ido desarrollando en las sociedades contemporáneas. En este artículo abondaremos cómo la desigualdad socio-espacial, que este fenómeno...