Today, researchers from member organizations of the Central Visayas Consortium for Health Research and Development (CVCHRD) and representatives of special populations and local government units gathered together to identify the research priorities for health, assisted by the Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes (AIHO).
The methodology was fairly simple using three (3) meta cards for each participant to suggest the top priority research topics for health, then sharing with a small group to group together topics that we agreed on and those that could be grouped together. During the plenary, all the research topics suggested by the participants, including those grouped together, were presented for scoring.
There were fifteen (15) criteria suggested by the WHO that the participants chose from until a consensus was arrived at. The group chose five (5) criteria: feasibility/practicality, potential for policy impact, equity, capacity-building potential and innovation.
From there, each research topic was scored according to the five (5) criteria and ranked until we had come up with the top ten (10) research topics according to weighted criteria scores.
There you have it, top ten health research priorities for the region!
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