CORDILLERA REGIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM

REGIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AGENDA for 2014-2016

a. Purpose
Provide focus and direction on health research and development effort.
Serve as a guide.
Assist in providing evidence based solutions.
Basis to maximize resource utilization and minimize duplication of resource efforts.

b. Research Agenda Principles

1. Utilized for policy recommendation
2. End-user oriented
3. Focused on IKSP

I. HEALTH FINANCING
II. HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
Specific Problem/topic
Financial Risk Protection
Pharmaco-Economics on cardiovascular diseases and
diabetes
Assessment Of Phil Health Benefits (KP)
Out Patient Benefit and Packages
No Balance Billing (NBB)
1. Health service assessment on vulnerable groups (eg.OFW)
Determine the voice of the consumer and to improve the
provisions of public health service

2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

IKSP related researches

3. Health Promotion
a. Maternal and Child Health
o Family Health Programs
o Responsible Parenthood
o Reproductive Health
b. Nutrition

4. Assessment of service delivery and referral during disaster or

calamity

5. Community Based Health Service Delivery System

6. Communicable Diseases
TB, Dengue, HIV

7. Non-Communicable Diseases
a. Lifestyle related diseases
CVD, Diabetes
b. Mental Health

III. SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL 1. Environment and Climate Change

HEALTH CONCERNS Health Hazards from mining activities both corporate
and small scale mining
Land, water and air pollution
2. Health Social Sciences
3. Environment and Sanitation
IV. HEALTH TECHNOLOGY 1. Drug Discovery and Development
DEVELOPMENT Ethnopharmacology
2. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for
Health