Armas Merino Rodolfo, Torres Canales Adrián
Departamento de Medicina Occidente, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 2017 Jul;145(7):901-906. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872017000700901.
Essential research studies of health problems affecting the majority of the population, aiming at actions that are feasible to be taken, efficiently and effectively implementing there and seeking solutions to unsolved problems. This is a complex process, which requires long lasting participation and coordinated interaction between different relevant sectors, namely the academic world, health policymakers and health-related industries. An analysis of essential health research in Chile is presented, considering factors such as shared efforts between the academic and health care sectors and the role of the Ministry of Health in research promotion. The following suggestions are made: 1) The Ministry of Health, along with universities, should stimulate, guide and monitor research activities that enrich and update the work on priority health issues; 2) To strengthen the capacity building of clinical or public health specialists by training them in applied research within medical centers, mainly teaching centers; 3) To assess the performance of National Fund for Health Research and Development (FONIS) and, if necessary, increase its resources to stimulate applied research in health; 4) To establish priorities for essential research, more specific than those proposed in 2010; 5) To reactivate the National Council for Health Research (CONIS) as an autonomous entity that coordinates applied research within the Ministry of Health.
针对影响大多数人口的健康问题开展的基础研究，旨在采取切实可行的行动，高效且有效地在当地实施，并寻求解决未解决问题的方案。这是一个复杂的过程，需要不同相关部门，即学术界、卫生政策制定者和健康相关产业长期参与并进行协调互动。本文对智利的基础健康研究进行了分析，考虑了学术界与医疗保健部门的共同努力以及卫生部在促进研究方面的作用等因素。并提出了以下建议：1）卫生部应与大学一道，激励、指导和监督旨在丰富和更新重点健康问题研究工作的研究活动；2）通过在主要是教学中心的医疗中心对临床或公共卫生专家进行应用研究培训，加强其能力建设；3）评估国家卫生研究与发展基金（FONIS）的绩效，如有必要，增加其资源以促进健康领域的应用研究；4）确定基础研究的优先事项，比2010年提出的更为具体；5）重新启动国家卫生研究委员会（CONIS），使其成为一个在卫生部内部协调应用研究的自治实体。
