Protocolo de pesquisa: o desafio do aprimoramento ético

The investigation analyzes research protocols at the academic sphere submitted, during the last three years, to the Research Ethics Committee at the Higher School of Science from Vitoria Holy Mercy House (CEP/Emescam). This CEP evaluates 200 projects yearly. Title of projects and number of individuals restricted data. BVS model (Health Virtual Library) organized findings accordingly. The researches concentrated in the categories: worker´s health, breast-feeding, maternal and women´s health , adolescents, children and elders. Economy, health indicators, high complexity, science, and technology are absent. Considering that preferred thematic area derives from familiarity with topic, the collected data were compared to researchers’ experience, registered at Lattes’ Plataform. It´s known that researches, currently, result from researchers’ combined past efforts, and, thus, it is important to know current academic research scenario to plan future health research in the country.