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Miguel Ángel González-Block
Researcher at Universidad Anáhuac México Norte
Publications - 56
Citations - 1649
Miguel Ángel González-Block is an academic researcher from Universidad Anáhuac México Norte. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Health policy. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 51 publications receiving 1455 citations. Previous affiliations of Miguel Ángel González-Block include Colef & World Health Organization.
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The utilisation of health research in policy-making: concepts, examples and methods of assessment.
TL;DR: It is concluded that research utilisation can be better understood, and enhanced, by developing assessment methods informed by conceptual analysis and review of previous studies.
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Increased Risk of Hospitalization and Death in Patients with COVID-19 and Pre-existing Noncommunicable Diseases and Modifiable Risk Factors in Mexico.
Diego Rolando Hernández-Galdamez,Miguel Ángel González-Block,Daniela Karola Romo-Dueñas,René Lima-Morales,Irma Alejandra Hernández-Vicente,Marivel Lumbreras-Guzmán,Pablo Méndez-Hernández +6 more
TL;DR: NCD comorbidities increase the severity of COVID-19 infection and special prevention measures need to be strengthened for persons with NCD diagnoses in the short-term and in the mid-term.
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Health policy and systems research agendas in developing countries
TL;DR: A conceptual framework is offered and the HPSR portfolio is defined as a set of research projects under implementation as a basis to identify and contrast research needs, projects and products at the international level and to identify the actor agendas and their influence.
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Research influence on antimalarial drug policy change in Tanzania: case study of replacing chloroquine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as the first-line drug
TL;DR: The role of researchers in producing evidence that influenced the Tanzanian government replace chloroquine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as the first-line drug is described and the challenges faced in convincing policy-makers, general practitioners, pharmaceutical industry and the general public on the need for change are described.
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Mapping the use of research to support strategies tackling maternal and child health inequities: evidence from six countries in Africa and Latin America
Emily Vargas,Victor Becerril-Montekio,Miguel Ángel González-Block,Patricia Akweongo,Cynthia N. A. Hazel,Maria de Fatima Cuembelo,Felix Limbani,Wanderley Bernardo,Fernando Muñoz +8 more
TL;DR: The way in which research influenced MCH policies and programs in six countries is presented, with a visible gap between researchers and policymakers regarding their different intentions to link evidence and decision making processes.