Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach

Background: Priority setting is one of the major issues in the health research system and no health system can afford to pay for every research they want to do, particularly in developing countries, so we decided to set the national main areas of the health research priorities. Methods: In this st...

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Main Authors: Parviz Owlia, Monir Baradaran Eftekhari, Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Farahossadat Bahreini, Mahdi Farahani, Mostafa Ghanei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2011;volume=16;issue=5;spage=691;epage=698;aulast=Owlia
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spelling doaj-5a734e28a82342e89ed96c6e4b997bc62020-11-24T22:38:14ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-19951735-71362011-01-01165691698Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approachParviz OwliaMonir Baradaran EftekhariAmeneh Setareh ForouzanFarahossadat BahreiniMahdi FarahaniMostafa GhaneiBackground: Priority setting is one of the major issues in the health research system and no health system can afford to pay for every research they want to do, particularly in developing countries, so we decided to set the national main areas of the health research priorities. Methods: In this study, according to Essential National Health Research (ENHR) strategy and with cooperation of all the Iranian universities of medical sciences and other stakeholders, the national health research priorities were extracted. Results: The number of research priorities collected from the universities of medical sciences was 6723. Seventeen percent of the research priorities were related to basic science, 78 percent applied science, and 5 percent were related to developmental type. According to epidemiological classification, 50% of the research priorities were in descriptive form. In this process, 9 main extracted areas consist of communicable diseases, non-communicable disease, Health System Research, pharmaceutical sciences and Industry, basic science, traditional medicine and herbal medicine, nutrition, environmental health, and dentistry. And then for each area, five main projects were defined. Conclusions: In the Health Research System, the participatory priority setting is the main function based on needs assessment.http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2011;volume=16;issue=5;spage=691;epage=698;aulast=OwliaPriority SettingHealth Research
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author Parviz Owlia
Monir Baradaran Eftekhari
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan
Farahossadat Bahreini
Mahdi Farahani
Mostafa Ghanei
spellingShingle Parviz Owlia
Monir Baradaran Eftekhari
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan
Farahossadat Bahreini
Mahdi Farahani
Mostafa Ghanei
Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Priority Setting
Health Research
author_facet Parviz Owlia
Monir Baradaran Eftekhari
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan
Farahossadat Bahreini
Mahdi Farahani
Mostafa Ghanei
author_sort Parviz Owlia
title Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach
title_short Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach
title_full Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach
title_fullStr Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach
title_full_unstemmed Health research priority setting in Iran: Introduction to a bottom up approach
title_sort health research priority setting in iran: introduction to a bottom up approach
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
issn 1735-1995
1735-7136
publishDate 2011-01-01
description Background: Priority setting is one of the major issues in the health research system and no health system can afford to pay for every research they want to do, particularly in developing countries, so we decided to set the national main areas of the health research priorities. Methods: In this study, according to Essential National Health Research (ENHR) strategy and with cooperation of all the Iranian universities of medical sciences and other stakeholders, the national health research priorities were extracted. Results: The number of research priorities collected from the universities of medical sciences was 6723. Seventeen percent of the research priorities were related to basic science, 78 percent applied science, and 5 percent were related to developmental type. According to epidemiological classification, 50% of the research priorities were in descriptive form. In this process, 9 main extracted areas consist of communicable diseases, non-communicable disease, Health System Research, pharmaceutical sciences and Industry, basic science, traditional medicine and herbal medicine, nutrition, environmental health, and dentistry. And then for each area, five main projects were defined. Conclusions: In the Health Research System, the participatory priority setting is the main function based on needs assessment.
topic Priority Setting
Health Research
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