Meeting
Public Health Research Programme - Funding Committee Meeting
Date
Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 February 2020
Place
Danubius Hotel, London
Present
Professor Peymane Adab (Chair -does not vote)
Dr Lorna Aucott
Dr Suzanne Audrey
Professor Janis Baird
Professor Linda Bauld
Dr Derrick Bennett
Dr Frank de Vocht
Dr Matt Egan
Professor Julia Fox-Rushby
Dr Felix Greaves
Mr David Green (public member)
Professor Judith Green
Professor Russ Jago
Professor Andy Jones
Dr Vittal Katikireddi
Ms Emma Kinloch (public member)
Professor Emma McIntosh
Professor Petra Meier
Professor Paul Montgomery
Dr Graham Moore
Professor Christopher Owen
Professor Toby Prevost
Professor Sarah Rodgers
Professor Falko Sniehotta
Professor Amanda Sowden
Dr Elizabeth Such
Professor Martin White (Programme Director -does not vote)
Co-opted committee members
Michael Chang MRTPI, PHE – co-opted member (Voting, day 2 for Place and Health commissioned proposals)
Secretariat
Mrs Louise Higgs
Mrs Gemma House
Miss Andrea Ingram
Dr Claire Kidgell
Dr Helen Walters
Apologies
Professor Rona Campbell
Dr Charlotte Clark
Observers/In attendance
Jane Barrett DHSC
Alison Booth RDS London
Kathryn Fackrell RoR
Dr Vanessa Er (new trainee committee member)
Dr Ruth Hunter (new committee member)
Professor Jim Lewsey (new committee member)
Dr Jo Mearhart, CRN Specialty Cluster Manager
Day 1
Researcher-led Stage 1 proposals
NIHR130667 Moore
The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Data Sharing and Use to Reduce Assault-Related Injury
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Graham Moore, Sarah Rodgers (absent)
Decision: Decline
NIHR130720 Lewis
Extending an evidence-based domestic violence intervention to community pharmacies: a before after mixed-method feasibility study
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Suzanne Audrey, Frank de Vocht, Russ Jago, Vanessa Er
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR130801 Wyatt
Developing the evidence base for self-organising community groups in improving the health of the public: an in-depth case study including a Social Return on Investment of a peer-led dance group in an area of high economic deprivation, the TR14ers
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Green
Decision: Decline
NIHR130802 Bonell
Systematic review of spatial planning interventions to prevent violence: theories of change, implementation, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Graham Moore, Falko Sniehotta, Paul Montgomery, Vanessa Er
Decision: Decline
NIHR130597 Burgoigne
Evaluation of planning policy to regulate takeaway food outlets for improved health in England
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank de Vocht, Matt Egan, Vanessa Er, Andy Jones, Petra Meier, Falko Sniehotta, Amanda Sowden, Martin White (absent)
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR130914 Windle
A randomised controlled trial and feasibility study of the effects of an e-health intervention ‘iSupport’ for reducing distress of dementia carers
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emma McIntosh
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR131098 Edwards
What is the effect of 20 mph traffic speed limits on the safety and perceived safety and wellbeing of vulnerable road users in Britain? – A Natural Experiment
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Vanessa Er, Judith Green
Decision: Decline
NIHR131096 Solomon-Moore
What is the impact of The Daily Mile on primary school age children’s physical activity and mental health? A pragmatic, waitlist cluster randomised controlled trial.
Chair: Linda Bauld
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Lorna Aucott, Russ Jago
Decision: Decline
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
19/52 – ‘The impact of highway infrastructure and its management on the safety (or perceived safety) of pedestrians and cyclists, and the uptake of active transport’
NIHR129913 Aldred
Protecting and Enabling Active Travel: Which Infrastructure and Street Environments? (PEAT_WISE)
Chair: Russ Jago
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Andy Jones, Martin White (absent)
Decision: Decline
NIHR130181 Davis
HI-TIME: Highway Infrastructure - Transport Impacts of Mediating Environments
Chair: Russ Jago
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
Decision: Decline
Commissioned Stage 2 proposal
19/03 – ‘Local influences on food choice and diet’
NIHR129937 Relton
Fresh Street: a cluster randomised controlled trial of the benefits of a place and household-level subsidy for fresh fruit and vegetables on diet, health and the wider environment
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Derrick Bennett , Vanessa Er, Julia Fox-Rushby, Petra Meier, Martin White
Decision: Fund with changes
Commissioned Stage 2 proposal
19/04 – ‘People as assets’
NIHR129118 Baker
Common Health Assets: a mixed methods realist evaluation and economic appraisal of how community led organisations impact on the health and wellbeing of people living in deprived areas
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emma McIntosh, Falko Sniehotta, Martin White
Decision: Fund with changes
19/20 – ‘Tobacco NETS3’
NIHR129696 Moodie
Assessing consumer, tobacco industry, and small retailer response to a ban on characterising flavours in cigarettes and rolling tobacco in the UK
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Linda Bauld, Vittal Katikireddi, Petra Meier, Graham Moore, Amanda Sowden, Martin White
Decision: Decline
Researcher-Led Stage 2 proposals
NIHR129703 Hoddinott
Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of text message and endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity: the Game of Stones randomised controlled trial
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lorna Aucott ,Suzanne Audrey, Linda Bauld, Rona Campbell (absent), Frank de Vocht, Ruth Hunter, Russ Jago, Vittal Katikireddi, James Lewsey, Emma McIntosh, Petra Meier, Falko Sniehotta
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR129885 Fitzgerald
Evaluating later or expanded premises hours for alcohol in the night-time economy (ELEPHANT): A mixed-methods, natural experiment evaluation
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Linda Bauld, Frank de Vocht, Matt Egan, Vittal Katikireddi, James Lewsey, Emma McIntosh , Petra Meier, Elizabeth Such
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR130144 Melendez-Torres
School-based interventions TO Prevent dating and relationship and gender-based violence (STOPDRV- GBV): systematic review to understand characteristics, mechanisms, implementation and effectiveness.
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rona Campbell (absent), Matt Egan, Vanessa Er, Paul Montgomery, Graham Moore, Falko Sniehotta
Decision: Fund with changes
Commissioned Stage 2 proposals
19/57 – Continuing priority research topics
NIHR129814 Hodgkinson
Comprehensive’ interventions to prevent and/or reduce gang-related violence and other harms to health: a systematic review
Chair: Russ Jago
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Paul Montgomery
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR129791 Buston
Healthy Dads Healthy Kids in prisons: a feasibility study and pilot for an intervention to improve father –child relationships
Chair: Martin White
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Linda Bauld Russ Jago, Vittal Katikireddi, James Lewsey, Emma McIntosh
Decision: Fund with changes
19/20 – Tobacco NETS3
NIHR129920 Connor
What is the relative effects of factors that lead teenagers to start smoking? Analysis of cohort data, systematic review and meta synthesis
Chair: Linda Bauld
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab
Felix Greaves was not present during the discussion of this proposal.
Decision: Decline
NIHR129968 Hajek
Effects of reduced-risk nicotine delivery products on smoking prevalence, cigarette sales and health inequalities: Regulatory implications (GIRO - Gateway into or out of smoking?)
Chair: Linda Bauld
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Frank de Vocht, Petra Meier
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR130292 McNeill
What is the impact of vaping on smoking, nicotine intake and toxin exposure among youth in England compared with youth in North America?
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
Decision: Fund with changes
Day 2
Present
Professor Peymane Adab
Dr Lorna Aucott
Dr Suzanne Audrey
Professor Janis Baird
Professor Linda Bauld
Dr Derrick Bennett
Dr Frank de Vocht
Dr Matt Egan
Professor Julia Fox-Rushby
Dr Felix Greaves Mr David Green (public member)
Professor Judith Green
Professor Russ Jago
Professor Andy Jones
Dr Vittal Katikireddi
Ms Emma Kinloch (public member)
Professor Emma McIntosh
Professor Petra Meier Professor Paul Montgomery
Dr Graham Moore
Professor Christopher Owen Professor Toby Prevost
Professor Sarah Rodgers
Professor Falko Sniehotta
Professor Amanda Sowden
Dr Elizabeth Such
Professor Martin White
Co-opted committee members
Michael Chang MRTPI, PHE – co-opted member (Voting, day 2 for Place and Health commissioned proposals)
Secretariat
Mrs Gemma House
Miss Andrea Ingram
Dr Claire Kidgell
Dr Helen Walters
Apologies
Professor Rona Campbell
Dr Charlotte Clark
Professor Paul Montgomery
Observers
Jane Barrett DHSC
Dr Caroline Burgess, RDS London
Dr Vanessa Er (new trainee committee member)
Dr Ruth Hunter (new committee member)
Professor Jim Lewsey (new committee member)
Dr Jo Mearhart, CRN Specialty Cluster Manager
Commissioned Stage 2 proposal
19/49 – Data enabled trials NETS3 cross programme
NIHR130286 Soljak
NHS Health Checks: FIlling GAps in Research Outcomes at 10 years (FIGARO-10)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Felix Greaves
Toby Prevost was not present for the discussion of this proposal
Decision: Decline
19/04 – People as assets
NIHR130156 Stathi
A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of a peer-volunteer led active ageing programme to prevent decline in physical function in older people at risk of mobility disability. The ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) study.
Chair: Linda Bauld
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Russ Jago, Andy Jones, Emma McIntosh, Petra Meier, Paul Montgomery (absent)
Decision: Fund with changes
19/03 – Local influences on food choice and diet
NIHR129771 Hawkes
The Kids Will Eat Better study: how can local authorities improve the efficiency and effectiveness of interventions to address inequality in childhood obesity?
Chair: Russ Jago
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Falko Sniehotta, Vanessa Er
Decision: Fund with changes
Commissioned Stage 1 proposals
19/50 – Understanding the potential of place to impact health and health inequalities
NIHR130753 Oyebode
What is the impact of healthy planning principle led approaches to redevelopment on mental health and wellbeing across the socio-economic gradient?
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
Decision: Decline
NIHR130808 Barr
The health and health inequalities impact of a place-based community wealth Initiative.
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank de Vocht, Matt Egan, Vittal Katikireddi, Vanessa Er, Sarah Rodgers (absent).
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR130943 Harden
The impact of Healthy New Towns (HNTs) on health and health inequalities: a longitudinal study to evaluate pathways to long-term improvements in population health.
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Vittal Katikireddi, Petra Meier, Falko Sniehotta
Decision: Decline
NIHR131042 Baybutt
Growing Health in Prison: what mechanisms are effective in promoting place-based health and wellbeing, and reducing health inequalities, through the use prison-based horticulture
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
Decision: Decline
19/90 – Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme
NIHR130755 Giebel
Enabling people with dementia in disadvantaged communities to maintain quality of life and independence: A realist evaluation of the National Museums Liverpool’s House of Memories Programme
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Sarah Rodgers (absent)
Decision: Decline
NIHR130795 O’Neill
Investigating an optimal mix of interventions for the prevention of suicidal behaviour at bridges and railway locations
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: none
Decision: Decline
NIHR131061 Lafortune
Evidencing the Social Return on Investment of Age-Friendly Community Initiatives
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Andy Jones, Petra Meier, Martin White (absent)
Decision: Shortlist
19/51 – Interventions funded by Local Authorities to change multiple health behaviours
NIHR130592 Appleton
Impact of interventions to target single versus multiple health behaviours: Systematic Review, Secondary Data Analysis and Realist Evaluation
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Andy Jones
Falko Sniehotta was not present for the discussion of this proposal.
Decision: Decline
NIHR130701 Arden
Evaluating different models of delivering multiple health behaviour change services in 4 Local Authorities: An assessment of effectiveness and a process evaluation
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Petra Meier, Elizabeth Such
Falko Sniehotta was not present for the discussion of this proposal.
Decision: Decline
Outcomes table
Stage 2 Proposals
The PHR Funding Committee recommended the following Stage 2 proposals for either immediate funding or for funding subject to certain conditions.
Researcher led
| Project Reference | Lead Applicant | Institution | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR129703t | Professor Pat Hoddinott | University of Stirling | Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of text message and endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity: the Game of Stones randomised controlled trial |
| NIHR129885 | Dr Niamh Fitzgerald | University of Stirling | Evaluating later or expanded premises hours for alcohol in the night-time economy (ELEPHANT): A mixed-methods, natural experiment evaluation |
| NIHR130144 | Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres | University of Exeter | School-based interventions TO Prevent dating and relationship and gender-based violence (STOPDRV- GBV): systematic review to understand characteristics, mechanisms, implementation and effectiveness. |
Commissioned
| Project Reference | Lead Applicant | Institution | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR129814 | Dr James Hodgkinson | University of Birmingham | Comprehensive’ interventions to prevent and/or reduce gang-related violence and other harms to health: a systematic review |
| NIHR129791 | Dr Katie Buston | University of Glasgow | Healthy Dads Healthy Kids in prisons: a feasibility study and pilot for an intervention to improve father – child relationships |
| NIHR129118 | Professor Rachel Baker | Glasgow Caledonian University | Common Health Assets: a mixed methods realist evaluation and economic appraisal of how community led organisations impact on the health and wellbeing of people living in deprived areas |
| NIHR130156 | Associate Professor Afroditi Stathi | University of Birmingham | A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of a peer-volunteering, active ageing, community programme for people at risk of mobility disability. The ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) study. |
| NIHR130292 | Professor Ann McNeill | King's College London | What is the impact of vaping on smoking, nicotine intake and toxin exposure among youth in England compared with youth in North America? |
| NIHR129771 | Professor Corinna Hawkes | City University of London | The Kids Will Eat Better study: how can local authorities improve the efficiency and effectiveness of interventions to address inequality in childhood obesity? |
| NIHR129968 | Professor Peter Hajek | Queen Mary University of London | Effects of reduced-risk nicotine delivery products on smoking prevalence, cigarette sales and health inequalities: Regulatory implications (GIRO - Gateway into or out of smoking?) |
| NIHR129937 | Dr Clare Relton | Queen Mary University of London | Fresh Street: a cluster randomised controlled trial of the co-benefits of a place and household-level conditional cash transfer approach to diet, health and the wider environment |
Further information on the above projects will be provided on the NIHR Journals Library website, once the project has started.
Stage 1 Proposals
The following Stage 1 proposals have been shortlisted to submit a Stage 2 proposal for consideration by the PHR Funding Committee at its next meeting.
Researcher led
| Project Reference | Lead Applicant | Institution | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR130597 | Dr Thomas Burgoine | University of Cambridge |
Evaluation of planning policy to regulate takeaway food outlets for improved health in England |
| NIHR130914 | Professor Gillian Windle | Bangor University | A randomised controlled trial and feasibility study of the effects of an e-health intervention ‘iSupport’ for reducing distress of dementia carers |
| NIHR130720 | Dr Natalia Lewis | NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group | Extending an evidence-based domestic violence intervention to community pharmacies: a before after mixed-method feasibility study |
Commissioned - 19/50 Understanding the potential of place to impact health and health inequalities
| Project Reference | Lead Applicant | Institution | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR130808 | Dr Ben Barr | University of Liverpool | The health and health inequalities impact of a place-based community wealth Initiative. |
Commissioned - 19/90 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme
| Project Reference | Lead Applicant | Institution | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR131061 | Dr Louise Lafortune | University of Cambridge | Evidencing the Social Return on Investment of Age-Friendly Community Initiatives |