COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN – BACOLOD

Research Ethics Committee

B.S. Aquino Drive, Bacolod City, Philippines P.O. Box 120 | (034) 434-2471 Local 251 | Telefax: (034) 433-9187 | email: csabrec@csab.edu.ph

March 22, 2022

Ms. Sali Mari Tamayo

Principal Investigator
Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod
College of Health and Allied Professions

Re: 2022-003-Tamayo-Delivery of Maternal and Child Healthcare Services

< Delivery of Maternal and Child Healthcare Services in Barangay Granada >

Dear Ms. Tamayo,

We wish to inform you that the Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod Research Ethics Committee (CSA-B, REC)
reviewed your study protocol on February 28 and March 14,2022 and is requesting further clarification.
Your study has been assigned study protocol code 2022-003-Tamayo-Delivery of Maternal and Child
Healthcare Services, which should be used for all communication to the CSA-B, REC related to this study.

As a result of the review, committee action is MINOR MODIFICATIONS PRIOR TO APPROVAL.

Recommended revisions and/or clarifications are summarized below:

Assessment of 1. Objectives/ Expected Output:

Scientific Soundness
• The introduction should focus on the intention of the research
study, it should also discuss the Maternal and Child Healthcare
Services of the Philippines down to the maternal services in the
Province of Negros Occidental and down to the City of Bacolod
• There should be statistics that would present the different services
on maternity and child services
• The formulated objectives should be aligned with the intention of
the study, please review the formulated objectives, check whether
it can be measured. Do you have a tool to determine this?
• ARE YOU GOING ASSESS THE DIFFERENT HEALTH SERVICES? OR
DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF WHAT?
• Should identify first the different services on maternity and child?
• How can you measure the level of delivery?
• Your questionnaire is asking for the level of agreement
• There are inconsistencies in the term used

2. Literature Review:
• Should define key terms used in the study, the term must be
defined conceptually and operationally, and it must be arranged
alphabetically.
• Sources must be cited including the year.
• Should define key terms as how it is used in the study
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• The RORL must be rich in information and should identify/describe

the different Maternal and Child services
• Arrange RORL using a sub-topic
• Schematic Diagram should discuss the source of knowledge and
that source must be properly cited, the arrows and the connection
must be described properly
• Should label the independent and dependent variable
• Observe the APA format
• RORL should be arranged based on the need of the study like start
with Maternal and Child Health Care Services
• Make sure in the in-text citation, names of authors are properly
cited.
• AND must be used instead of ampersand in the in-text citation
• Should rephrase
• Should summarize, synthesize Review of Related Literature
• In text citation must be included in the references
• Scope of the study should answer the WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHO
of the study

3. Research Design:
• Quantitative-Descriptive - Comparative
• What is the total population? Sample size?
• No validity and reliability of the standardized instrument to be
used
• Did the researchers ask permission from the authors?
• If the respondent is 18 years old below, are you going to secure
consent from their parents?

4. Sampling Designs:
• No Sampling Technique presented
• No tables shown as to the number allocation of participants per
strata
• What is the inclusion/exclusion criteria

5. Sample Size:
• Sample size was not mentioned
• How are you going to determine the sample size? No formula
presented

6. Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP):

• No Data Analysis Plan
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7. Data Analysis Plan:

• No Data Analysis Plan

8. Data Gathering Procedure:

• Should describe the data gathering instrument
• If a standardize questionnaire will be used, the researcher should
acknowledge the authors
• Indicate the validity and reliability index
• But if a self-made questionnaire will be used, then it must be
validated by content experts and must be pilot tested
• Data gathering procedure must be step by step from the
permission to gatekeepers to the conduct of the study
• The research instrument must have English translation
• I have not encountered the manner of disposal and terms of use as
to the data gathered. Only the collection was mentioned under
data gathering

9. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria:

• Not mentioned
• Suggest to set the inclusion and exclusion criteria in identifying
participants

10. Withdrawal Criteria:

• No ICF shown

11. Specimen Collection and Processing: N/A

12. PI Qualifications:
• Suggest to have a senior co- investigator who has the qualification
to oversee the conduct of the study, considering that this is an on-
line survey
• Curriculum vitae submitted

13. Suitability of Site/ Duration:

• Brgy Granada, duration not mentioned.
• Signed recommendation for ethics review from the office of the VP
for Academic Affairs
• There is no mentioned of the duration, but only the
commencement of the said study under application form for
review October 4, 2021 to XX XXX, 2022

Assessment of Ethical 1. Conflict of Interest:

Issues • COI not declared in the protocol, I suggest that there should be a
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separate sheet for the declaration of COI

2. Privacy and Confidentiality:

• with ICF

3. Informed Consent Process:

• With ICF, ICF should have Ilonggo translation, storage of data was
not discussed
• I have not found any statement that the said post-study findings
be made available to the participants
• Contact information is not visible on the “informed consent to
participate in the study”
• There is no dialect version of the survey questions
• Please do check your informed consent under VOLUNTARY
PARTICIPATION

4. Vulnerability:
• Should specify in the inclusion criteria the age required for the
participants
• Children (under 18 years old)
• People on welfare/social assistance
• Poor and unemployed
• Homeless persons

5. Recruitment:
• Recruitment process was not fully presented

6. Assent:
• No mentioned of the participants

7. Risks:
• Possible questions in the questionnaire may trigger anxiety, in
what way can a researcher facilitate assistance?
• This must be discussed in the Risk portion of the ICF
• It is not explicitly stated but I am sure the researchers had
considered this matter

8. Benefits:
• With ICF
• Significance of the Study

9. Incentives or compensation:
• With ICF, Incentives are not discussed
•
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10. Collaborative study terms of reference: None

11. Statement that the study involves research:

• The researchers should review the formulated objectives and
decide what to measure, is it to describe the different services or to
determine the level of?

12. Statement describing the purpose of the study:

• with ICF

Furthermore, here are additional recommendations:

• Since the participants on this study are not that technologically privileged, will the researchers
use the Granada health center to collect information from those participants who had availed
the services extended by the Granada health center particularly the MCHS?
• A dialect version of the survey questions should be made available to the participants, in case
it is done virtually, still there is a softcopy format in dialect.

Kindly highlight (in yellow) your revisions based on the REC recommendations when you submit
your edited manuscript for release of your ethics clearance.

Should you have any questions or clarifications regarding the above-mentioned

recommendations, please contact the undersigned through the CSA-B, REC Secretariat email
research.ethics@csab.edu.ph.

The CSA-B, REC looks forward to your immediate response and action.

MARITES C. VILLAGANTE, RN, MN MA. INES GALE G. LACSON

Primary Reviewer Secondary Reviewer

Noted by:

ENGR. EDDIE G. SANTILLAN, JR.

Chair, CSA-B REC