{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]],"date-time":"2026-04-17T02:40:17Z","timestamp":1776393617893,"version":"3.51.2"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"University of the Philippines Manila","issue":"7","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]],"date-time":"2026-04-16T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1776297600000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Acta Med Philipp"],"abstract":"<jats:p>\u201c(We should) ensure that research outputs reach a wider audience and contribute to national health strategies,\u201d declared\u00a0UP Manila Chancellor Michael Tee at the opening of the 1st Consultative Meeting of all stakeholders of the Acta Medica Philippina last March 2026.\u00a0Yet, the pathway from published peer-reviewed research to integration into a national health\u00a0policy and implementable health strategy is circuitous.\nIt would seem logical that data-driven decision-making in implementing health strategies should be the norm. Prevalence statistics such as that provided in the article by Collantes and co-authors on stroke in the Philippines should guide the planning and implementation of noncommunicable disease prevention and control measures in the country.\u00a0This paper was cited in the Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Philippines, published in 2024.\u00a0Already, an article by Lanuza and co-investigators on outcomes in the management of\u00a0stroke using thrombolysis consistent with the guidelines published portrays the alignment of evidence and policy leading\u00a0to favorable results.\nThese articles track the translation from data to the design of programs to clinical decisions. The Lanuza article is an example of descriptive analytics, a tool afforded by the collection of historical data to evaluate the efficacy of recommendations. Predictive analytics as well as prescriptive analytics are other areas where research findings become consequential in health policy and strategy.\u00a0An article by Ong on the economic evaluation of the WHO elimination strategy for hepatitis B in\u00a0the Philippines provides the relevant answers, the prescriptive analytics to be exact, to guide policy makers to make decisions\u00a0on required health expenditures.\nYet barriers exist. The inability of policy makers and health strategy implementors to utilize research findings is due to\u00a0various reasons and includes a disconnect between the generators of data and the targeted end-users.2 Already, many strategies\u00a0have been employed to overcome these obstacles.\nThe establishment of the National Unified Health Research Agenda was a step in the right direction.\u00a0More stakeholder\u00a0consultations are required to make the agenda truly responsive and better utilized. The Universal Health Care Law also\u00a0has evidence-informed policy making integrated as a general principle.\u00a0Hopefully, with such mechanisms, the political\u00a0and structural issues plaguing the translation of research to policy can be overcome. Acta Medica Philippina is honored to\u00a0contribute to solutions through the publication of this relevant evidence to make such translation consistent and sustainable.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.47895\/amp.v60i7.14234","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]],"date-time":"2026-04-17T01:41:51Z","timestamp":1776390111000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Complex Task of Translating Health Research into Health Policy in the Philippines"],"prefix":"10.47895","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Angela S.","family":"Aguilar, MD, MSc, MBA","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology\u2028College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital\u2028University of the Philippines Manila"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"27557","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]},"container-title":["Acta Medica Philippina"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/actamedicaphilippina.upm.edu.ph\/index.php\/acta\/article\/download\/14234\/7084","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/actamedicaphilippina.upm.edu.ph\/index.php\/acta\/article\/download\/14234\/7084","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]],"date-time":"2026-04-17T01:41:51Z","timestamp":1776390111000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/actamedicaphilippina.upm.edu.ph\/index.php\/acta\/article\/view\/14234"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.47895\/amp.v60i7.14234","relation":{},"ISSN":["2094-9278","0001-6071"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2094-9278","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0001-6071","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,16]]}}}