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CALL FOR PROPOSAL: DOH CHD V

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CALL FOR PROPOSAL

 

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Health

Bicol Center for Health Development

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

 

The DOH – Bicol Center for Health and Development (CHD) Research and Development Committee announces the 2021 Call for Submission of Research Proposals aligned to our Research Priorities for implementation in CY 2021 -2022.

For this year, the proponents should focus on the following research priority topics .These were sourced from various references and documents such as COVID – 19 related priority activities, country commitments and the required inputs to support the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law Implementation.

The following listed below were further screened and prioritized to account for the Regional’s budget limitations and the need to repurpose funding to support the pandemic response.

RESEARCH PRIORITY

RESEARCH AREA

RESEARCH TOPIC

Health Service Delivery

Improving Access to Quality Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

·         Preparedness and Response of the Facilities for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

·         Health Outcomes and Hospital Infection Rate Improvement

·         Strengthening the health facilities’ capacity for COVID 19 and future pandemic

·         Health Facility Information Management System and Integration of the Health Care Provider Network

 

 

Improving Provision of Public Health Services

·         Evaluation of UHC Integration Sites

(UIS)

·         Implementation of Province City –Wide Workload indicators of Staffing Needs (WISN) Study in the Select UHC Integration Sites (UIS)

·         Assessment of the Local Capacity of the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Philippines

·         Primary Health Care Study

·         Waiting Time and Turn-around time reduction

·         Health Facility Operations and Management Efficiency Improvement

Socio- Environmental Health Concerns

Health Social Sciences (including community development)

·         Conduct of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law Fifth Year Implementation Review (Phase 2)

·         Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Service Delivery (include NBS and Immunization)

·         Impact of Community Quarantine on Persons who Use Drugs

·         Studying interventions to address mental health problems

·         Health Care Delivery in GIDA

·         Improvements in patient confidence and trust in accessing health care

 

 

Environmental, Disaster and Climate Change

 

·         Climate Change, pandemic and mental health: Exploring the effects of chronic stress on mental health and cognition

·          Research that increases the likelihood of implementing an all – hazards health emergency and disaster risk management approach, including prevention and readiness, for the risks related to emergencies that may occur during the COVID -19 pandemic

·         Research to strengthen community resilience before, during, and after the COVID -19 Pandemic

·         Beliefs on Disasters of Indigenous

Peoples

 

Health Financing

Financial Risk Protection

·         Analysis of the Costs to Provide the Optimal Combination of Financial and Non-Financial Incentives that is effective in Ensuring Adequate Distribution and Retention of Health Human Resource in Primary Care

·         Impact Assessment on the Implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) Exemption to Medicines Prescribed for Diabetes, Hypertension and High Cholesterol

 

 

Please be advised that all proposals shall be screened in accordance to the attached criteria (Annex A). Kindly submit and upload the electronic copies of the documents needed through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. given below:

The electronic copies/ documents for submission are as follows:

  • Research Proposal using the DOST Template (downloadable)
  • Gantt Chart
  • Curriculum Vitae of the Proponent
  • Detailed Budget Line Item
  • Work and Financial Plan (WFP) and Project Procurement and Management Plan (PPMP)
  • Scanned copy of the Letter of Endorsement of the Head of Office addressed to:

ERNIE V. VERA, MD, MPH, CHA, CESO III

Director IV

DOH Bicol Center for Health and Development

Legazpi City

 

The deadline of submission of the Research Proposal will be within the First Quarter of 2021. The announcement of selected research papers will be on April 15, 2021. For any queries, you may contact Ms. Lotis B. Palencia, Statistician III or Ms. Maryden Loar, Health Program Researcher of the Planning and Statistics Unit – Data Management and Research through landline number (052) 204 0040 loc 506.

 

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

  1. NATURE OF THE STUDY
    1. The Proposed Research Study should fall within the prescribed research priority for 2021.
    2. The proposal should be prepared following the DOST Template.
    3. The Researchers will be ranked based on its relevance, feasibility and reproducibility.
  1. DURATION
    1. Studies with expected substantial results obtained within 6 - 9 months are preferred.
    2. If the proposed research proposal will be a multi – year research, this will be subject to the availability of funds from the Health Sector Research and Development Fund to provide fund augmentation.

 

  1. BUDGET / FUNDING COUNTERPART
    1. The line- item – budget (LIB) must be detailed.
    2. Funds if available, may be sourced from the different Clusters of the Local Health Support Division (LHSD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credits to: Lotis B. Palencia, DOH-CHD V Statistician III, Head of Research Department

Article by: Bernard Dexter M. Moros, SRS I BCHRD