Date
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Venue
Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
Present members
Professor Peymane Adab - FC Deputy Chair
Dr Suzanne Audrey
Professor Linda Bauld
Professor Chris Bonell
Professor David French
Mr David Green
Professor Russ Jago
Professor Andy Jones
Professor Frank Kee - FC Chair (does not vote)
Mr Allen Knight
Professor Emma McIntosh
Professor Petra Meier
Professor Sarah Rodgers
Professor FalkoSniehotta
Professor Amanda Sowden
Professor Martin White - PHR Director (does not vote)
Secretariat
Dr Andrew Cook
Mrs Louise Higgs
Mrs Gemma House
Miss Andrea Ingram
Dr Claire Kidgell
Apologies
Professor Rona Campbell
Dr Charlotte Clark
Dr Matt Egan
Dr Felix Greaves
Professor Julia Fox-Rushby
Professor Judith Green
Dr Graham Moore Professor Christopher Owen
Professor Toby Prevost
Observers/In attendance
Megan Barlow-Pay RDS
Duncan Fortescue-Webb (Public Health Trainee)
Professor Paul Montgomery (observing new Committee member)
Quoracy Information
Voting members: 23 (Quoracy = 15)
Voting members present on Day 1: 14 (61%) Emergency circumstances*
COMMITTEE COMMENTS
Stage 2 proposals
NIHR127745 - Can embedding the MapMe intervention, a tool to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight and obesity, in the National Child Measurement Programme lead to improved long term child weight outcomes at one year? (Adamson)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Peymane Adab, Matt Egan (absent), Petra Meier, Falko Sniehotta, Amanda Sowden, Martin White
Decision: Fund with changes
17/149/03 - The STanding up fOR Myself (STORM) psychosocial group intervention for young people and adults with intellectual disabilities: Feasibility study (Scior)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Emma McIntosh
Decision: Fund with changes
17/151/05 -Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence, and improve educational attainment: a systematic review (Bonell)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Chris Bonell, Matt Egan (absent), Falko Sniehotta
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR128358 - A multi-centred, parallel, two-group, randomised controlled clinical trial and cost-effectiveness analysis comparing (i) usual support plus tailored support to improve wellbeing and health enhancing lifestyle with (ii) usual support among men and women receiving community supervision. (Taylor)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
17/104/09 - Developing sustainable community assets to promote physical activity at neighbourhood level: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of the GAME PLAN programme (Getting Active through More Engagement for Populations in the Least Active Neighbourhoods) (Goyder)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Petra Meier, Falko Sniehotta
Decision: Decline
NIHR127665 - Football Fans and Betting (FFAB): a feasibility study and randomised pilot trial of a group-based intervention to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans (Reith)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Linda Bauld, Chris Bonell, Matt Egan (absent) Russ Jago, Emma McIntosh
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127593 - Improving outcomes for survivors of human trafficking: evaluating the effectiveness and relative cost-effectiveness of advocacy interventions in improving mental health and well-being among trafficked people. (Oram)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Chris Bonell, Julia Fox-Rushby (absent)
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR127793 - Family Recovery after Domestic Abuse (FReDA): A feasibility trial and nested process evaluation of a group based psychoeducational intervention for children exposed to domestic violence and abuse (Howarth)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Suzanne Audrey, Chris Bonell, Russ Jago, Martin White
Decision: Fund with changes
Researcher-led Stage 1 proposals
NIHR128477 Community health walks: Pragmatic evaluation of an asset-based approach to address health inequalities (Hanson)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Conflicts: Andy Jones
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR128077 - Reducing drug related harms in music festival settings: a feasibility study of the Multi Agency Safety Testing (MAST) model of drug checking and brief intervention (Sumnall)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Conflicts: Frank Kee
Decision: Decline
NIHR128533 - What is the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community water fluoridation in adults? (Pretty)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Conflicts: David French
Decision: Shortlist
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
Benefits of the provision of health and wellbeing education during initial Teacher Training
NIHR128335 - Effective Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions for Initial Teacher Training (ITT): An Evidence Synthesis (Corcoran)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR128503 - MEE- Mental and Emotion Education: Building Resilience And Hope In School Children; a blended learning module designed for Initial Teacher Training and CPD: an evaluation of its impact on teachers, pupils, parents and schools. (Armour)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
Fire and rescue visits to improve health
NIHR128341 - Do Safe and Well Visits delivered by the Fire and Rescue service reduce falls among high risk older people? (FIREFLI) (Cockayne)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Amanda Sowden
Decision: Shortlisted
NIHR128368 - Fire and Rescue safety and health related interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities (Bagnall)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR128331 - Routine data linkage study Exploring the feasibility of evaluating Fire and REscue Service home visits on Health outcomes (REFRESH) (Lyons)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Sarah Rodgers
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR128489 - Fire and Rescue Services: a feasibility study to identify their contribution to reducing falls among older people in Scotland (Forbat)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
Sex and relationship interventions for young people with learning disabilities
NIHR128390 - SoSAFE!: A feasibility study to explore use of a Sex and Relationships Education programme with children and young people with learning disabilities in three school environments in England and develop relevant evaluation tools (Rivas)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
Gang violence and gang related harms to health
NIHR128479 - A ‘sticks and carrots’ approach to reducing serious harm associated with County Lines drug markets (Sutherland)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
Digital technologies to improve health and care
(NETS3 cross-programme)
NIHR127651 - Evaluating the effectiveness of the alcohol reduction smartphone app, Drink Less, for excessive drinkers in the UK: a randomised controlled trial (Garnett)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: Suzanne Audrey, Russ Jago, Petra Meier, Martin White
Decision: Shortlisted
NIHR128230 - Utility of spatial digital technology for disease outbreak investigations and health led emergency responses. (Hall)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR128148 - An interactive digital behaviour change intervention (Wrapped) to decrease incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst users of STI self-sampling websites: A randomised controlled feasibility trial (Newby)
Chair: Frank Kee
Conflicts: None
Decision: Shortlisted
SUMMARY
0 Stage 2 proposals were recommended for funding
6 Stage 2 proposals were recommended for funding subject to certain conditions
0 Stage 2 proposals were invited to re-submit
6 Stage 1 proposals were shortlisted