Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013 Jul;34(1):1-13.
To compare health research priority-setting methods and characteristics among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2002 - 2012.
This was a systematic review that identified national health research policies and priority agendas through a search of ministry and government databases related to health care institutions. PubMed, LILACS, the Health Research Web, and others were searched for the period from January 2002 - February 2012. The study excluded research organized by governmental institutions and specific national strategies on particular disease areas. Priority-setting methods were compared to the "nine common themes for good practice in health research priorities." National health research priorities were compared to those of the World Health Organization's Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
Of the 18 Latin American countries assessed, 13 had documents that established national health research priorities; plus the Caribbean Health Research Council had a research agenda for its 19 constituents. These 14 total reports varied widely in terms of objectives, content, dissemination, and implementation; most provided a list of strategic areas, suggestions, and/or sub-priorities for each country; however, few proposed specific research topics and questions.
Future reports could be improved by including more details on the comprehensive approach employed to identify priorities, on the information gathering process, and on practices to be undertaken after priorities are set. There is a need for improving the quality of the methodologies utilized and coordinating Regional efforts as countries strive to meet the MDG.
比较 2002-2012 年间拉丁美洲和加勒比国家的卫生研究优先事项设定方法和特点。
这是一项系统评价，通过搜索与医疗保健机构相关的部委和政府数据库，确定国家卫生研究政策和优先事项议程。从 2002 年 1 月至 2012 年 2 月，在 PubMed、LILACS、卫生研究网等数据库中进行了搜索。本研究排除了由政府机构组织的和特定于特定疾病领域的国家战略的研究。优先事项设定方法与“卫生研究优先事项的九条共同主题”进行了比较。国家卫生研究重点与世界卫生组织千年发展目标（MDG）进行了比较。
在所评估的 18 个拉丁美洲国家中，有 13 个国家有文件确定了国家卫生研究重点；加勒比卫生研究理事会为其 19 个成员制定了研究议程。这 14 份总报告在目标、内容、传播和实施方面差异很大；大多数报告提供了每个国家的战略领域、建议和/或次优先事项的清单；然而，很少有报告提出具体的研究主题和问题。
未来的报告可以通过更详细地说明用于确定优先事项的综合方法、信息收集过程以及设定优先事项后将要采取的措施来改进。需要提高所使用方法的质量，并协调区域努力，因为各国努力实现千年发展目标。
