Home

RHRDC XI holds Agenda Setting on Maternal and Child Health

The Regional Health Research and Development Consortium XI (RHRDC XI) has identified Maternal and Child Health (MCH) as among its priority areas of health concern. Unlike the other research areas such as Traditional Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Environment and Climate Change, the consortium has not received any MCH-related proposal that may be funded under the Regional Research Fund of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD). To address this concern, an Agenda Setting on Maternal and Child Health was conducted on May 7, 2012 at the DMSFI-MTRC Waling Waling Hall, Bajada, Davao City. The objective of the activity was to gather stakeholders and research partners and identify the specific working topics which are relevant to the impact of mining activities to the health of children and mothers. Full-blown proposals will be developed later from the identified topics.

The agenda setting was participated by professionals from various academic institutions like the University of Immaculate Concepcion (UIC), University of Mindanao (UM), Brokenshire College (BC), Holy Cross of Davao College (HCDC), Davao Doctors College (DDC) and Philippine Science High School - Southern Mindanao Campus (PSHS-SMC), health institutions like the Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc. (DMSFI), Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), Davao Doctors Hospital (DDH), Community Health Development Cooperative Hospital (CHDCH), and private and government units like the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Commission on Population (POPCOM), RECORD Foundation, Inc. (RFI), Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

RHRDC XI attends 1st National Medical Writing and Review Workshop

Two (2) representatives from RHRDC XI were sent to Cebu City on January 19-20, 2012 to attend the National Medical Writing and Review Workshop. The consortium was represented by Ms. Ludivina M. Porticos, Chairman of the Human Resource Development Committee and Dr. Melinda C. Tagle, Convenor of the Traditional Medicine Research Program of RHRDC XI.

The writing and review workshop was organized by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) in collaboration with Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE) and Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME). The speakers of the training were both local and international.

In his introduction, Prof. Jose F. Lapeña, Editor-in-Chief of the Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and President of the Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE) stressed that one of the reasons why scientific journal publishing is weak in the country is because the quality of the articles being submitted for publication does not meet the editorial standards of medical journals. The Nationa Medical Writing and Review Workshop was designed to help and guide health researchers in writing articles for medical journals.

Among the topics that were discussed during the workshop were basics of writing scientific articles, its principles and guidelines, effective presentation of statistical results, tables and illustrations, writing a case report and technical note. Participants were also taught on the roles and responsibilities of editors and reviewers, editorial office workflow, dealing with editor's and reviewer's comments, peer review processes, journal requirements, ethical guidelines in scientific writing and reporting and the criteria of case reports for medical journal publications.