La comunicación en salud es un tema relevante y consolidado en todo el mundo; sin embargo, es débil en las escuelas de comunicaciones y de salud pública de América Latina, donde ambas disciplinas casi no conversan entre sí, salvo en materias muy específicas. Este número especial de Cuadernos.info busca llenar este vacío ofreciendo una serie de artículos que tratan tanto de cuestiones teóricas como prácticas en esta área, enfocándose en una perspectiva Iberoamerica.

In this article an exploratory analysis of the measurement of use of quality systems and their implications in business performance is done, taking as reference a case study in four meat producing companies of a Northern Mexican County. The main contribution of this work is based on a mixed methodology analyzed by means of the Preferential Weighting of Criteria. The results thread coincidences with other investigations, that conclude that quality systems increase enterprise performance in the productions and sales amounts.

In this article an exploratory analysis of the measurement of use of quality systems and their implications in business performance is done, taking as reference a case study in four meat producing companies of a Northern Mexican County. The main contribution of this work is based on a mixed methodology analyzed by means of the Preferential Weighting of Criteria. The results thread coincidences with other investigations, that conclude that quality systems increase enterprise performance in the productions and sales amounts.