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The Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) is pleased to announce that the call for nominations for the 2023 Best Mentor in Health Research Award is now open!
The Best Mentor in Health Research Award is offered biennially to recognize and reward mentors in health research who have built the capacities of researchers in the health sector and, in the process, propelled significant advances in the Philippine National Health Research System’s (PNHRS) thrusts as identified in the National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA).
A. WHO CAN NOMINATE?
The nominating party may be any of the following:
- Head of the nominee’s institution or immediate supervisor
- Colleague/s
- Trainee/s
- Student/s
- Advisee/s
Self-nomination is not allowed.
B. WHO CAN BE NOMINATED?
- Must be a Filipino citizen
- Must be with appropriate or relevant academic qualifications
- Must be actively involved in mentoring researchers/students or colleagues for at least 3 years
- Has a good track record as a researcher in terms of any of the following: publication, product development or policy formulation
- Professionally involved in health research activities either as a research program/project leader, principal and co-principal investigator, mentor/adviser/trainer, or author/co-author
- Actively involved in any health research activities in the last 5 years such as conduct of research training and extension work, paper presentations, fund generation, research promotion and networking, research agenda setting, and capacity-building activities
NOTE: Winners are ineligible for subsequent nominations, while non-winners are still eligible for nominations if they submit a new set of documents, but not for consecutive calls of nomination.
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TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Visayas Regional Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) has picked three studies related to prenatal lifestyle, remote learning by nursing students during the pandemic, and infection control in government hospitals as the region’s best health research studies.
During the conclusion of the regional health research symposium on Thursday, the three research studies were picked as winners in different categories that would represent the region in the National Health Research Award.
The winner in the oral research presentation (professional category) was the study on the correlation between the prenatal lifestyle among teenage pregnant women, and their obstetrical and neonatal outcome by Ryan Cris Jordan, medical specialist of Basey District Hospital in Basey, Samar.
For the student category, the winners were six students of the University of the Philippines Manila’s School of Health Sciences who studied the perceived psychological distress and academic burnout among nursing students during emergency remote learning during the pandemic.
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Tacloban City- In its efforts to disseminate programs, activities, and projects (PAPs) of the Eastern Visayas Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) and its member institutions, the consortium, through the Research and Utilization Committee (RUC) and Capability Building Committee (CBC), conducted a one-day training workshop on health news and features on July 20, 2020.
RUC members, representatives of DOST units, and consortium members participated in the virtual activity, where they were welcomed by the Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and the DOST Regional Director Engr. Ernesto Granada
Ms. Framelia V. Anonas, the Supervising Science Research Specialist of DOST PNRI, was the Resource Person for the said workshop. A number of news articles developed by the participants were enhanced during the critiquing activity.
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The Department of Education Region 8 will launch the School Based Fee School-BasedSBFP) this SY 2022-2023 starting August. It will serve 190,831 beneficiaries all over the region . The program will cater to all incoming Kindergarten and Grade I to 6 students who are “wasted” and “severely wasted” based on the recent SBFP report.
According to Cesvi Foundation, wasted children refers to those with weight that are too low for their height, and their bodies waste away. Wasted young children have high risk of dying.
To address the concern on wasting, the program shall provide nutritious foods for at least 120 feeding days.
The program will cover only public schools. Further, students who have moved to Grade 7 are no longer part of the program.
Through the years, SBFP has been addressing hunger among school children and encouraging learners to enroll, contributing to the improvement of the nutritional status. Aside from also providing nourishment for their growth and development, and helping boost their immune system, the program also enhances and improves their health and nutrition values.
SBFP is one of the six flagship program of “OK sa DepEd” under the Bureau of Learning Support Services, School Health and Nutrition Division. Other programs include: 1. Medical, Dental and Nursing Services, 2.National Drug Education Program, 3.Wash in School, 4. Reproductive Health, and 5. Mental Health.
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The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC), spearheaded by the chair of the Capacity Building Committee (CBC), Dr. Virgildo E. Sabalo, conducted a two-day Data Analytics and Statistics Training last July 18-19, 2022 via Zoom and Facebook live. A total of 150 researchers from various member institutions joined the activity.
Mr. Norberto Milla served as the resource speaker of the activity. His talk focused on the various statistical software such as JASP, R and RStudio on how to use it while researchers are conducting their scientific research. Moreover, it can also help them in providing speedy and accurate results.
The participants were divided into three groups in which they were given different data sets and tasked to analyze it using the software. ach group presented their group outputs to the body.
Mr. Norberto discussed the Role of Statistics software in research.
