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PHR Prioritisation Committee Meeting – Public Minutes May 2023

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Published: 23 June 2023

Version: 1.0

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Meeting

Public Health Research Programme – Prioritisation Committee

Date

10 May 2023

Venue

Virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams

Present members

  • Brian Ferguson - Chair & Programme Director, does not vote
  • Jo Bibby
  • Julie Bishop – Deputy Chair (out between 11:50 and 12:15)
  • Adam Briggs
  • Ruth Chambers – Public Committee Member
  • Rachel Clark
  • Alisha Davies (until 1pm)
  • Hannah Drew – Public Committee Member
  • Catherine Falconer
  • Mark Gamsu
  • Susan Hampshaw
  • Farrah Hart (joined at 10am)
  • Emily Humphreys - Committee Member Development Scheme Participant
  • Louise Hurst (joined at 11:30am)
  • Jeyanthi John (until 1pm)
  • Nikki Morris
  • Kay Nolan (until 3:15pm)
  • Philippa Osei – Public Committee Member
  • David Pye
  • Garth Reid
  • Nigel Riglar
  • Emily Slade – Public Committee Member
  • Joanne Smithson
  • Paul Southon
  • Jean Spencer – Public Committee Member
  • Samantha Start
  • Humera Sultan (until 11am)
  • Emily Tweed - Committee Member Development Scheme Participant
  • Becky Wilkinson (joined at 11am)

New members observing

  • Susanna Mills

Present Standing Observers

  • Nicola Armstrong - Public Health Agency Northern Ireland
  • Jane Barrett - DHSC
  • Naomi Beaumont - ESRC
  • Michael Bowdery – Welsh Government (until 1pm)
  • Erin Shearman - DHSC

Other Observers

  • Janine Bestall - NIHR
  • Sarah Moss - NIHR
  • Jo Harris-Roberts - Chief Scientific Adviser’s Office
  • Izzy Sanders - Chief Scientific Adviser’s Office

Secretariat

  • Helen Walters
  • James Morris
  • Claire Kidgell
  • Gemma House
  • Zoe McCrossan
  • Genevieve Baker
  • Louise Higgs
  • Aimee O’Neill
  • Maja Palmer
  • Emily Allison
  • Caitlin Van Abeelen
  • Kerstin Goodall
  • Jonathan Reynolds (observer)
  • Lauren Wileman (observer)

Apologies Members

  • Victor Agbontean – Public Committee Member
  • Wikum Jayatunga
  • Gerry McCartney
  • Michael Thomas-Sam
  • John Wilderspin

Committee Comments

Commissioned workstream - Consideration and shortlisting of 6 research briefs

Brief 1: Reducing health inequalities for ethnic minority groups by influencing the wider determinants of health
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 2: School food in special schools and alternative provision settings
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments and conversion to an ADA

Brief 3: Faith groups and impacts on health and health inequalities
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments and further refinement

Brief 4: Commercial determinants of health
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 5: Welfare benefit and voucher uptake
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 6: The health impacts of the removal of sexed language in health communications and messaging
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Shortlisting of Stage 1 proposals

22/137 Health and health inequality impacts of electric scooters and electric bikes

NIHR158683
E-scooters, physical activity and the wider determinants of health
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Brian Ferguson (not in this group)
Decision: Decline

22/138 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions

NIHR159080
Benefits of Sustainable Warmth Initiatives in Transforming Community Health (B-SWITCH)
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Adam Briggs (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

22/139 Interventions to increase the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK

NIHR158454
PeeR suppOrt for mental health and wellbeinG of REfugeeS and asylum seekerS (PROGRESS); An evidence synthesis
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158502
HEAR3 Health experiences of asylum seekers and refugees - third sector organisations as providers of therapeutic interventions
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Alisha Davies
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158751
A Feasibility Evaluation of an Adapted Peer Lead Movement Intervention for Sanctuary Seekers in Wales
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158941
Mapping and Evaluating Community Cultural Activities for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Susan Hampshaw (not in this group)
Decision: Decline

22/554 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme

NIHR158772
Arts-in-nature for children’s wellbeing and nature connectedness: A feasibility study in primary schools in areas of high deprivation
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR159040
The impact of interactive electronic devices: understanding the mechanisms of benefits and harms on young children’s development, behaviour and health outcomes using a multimethod approach
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Susan Hampshaw (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

22/555 Researcher-led

NIHR157546
Systematic review of Nutritional interventions in older Adults in the Community at risK of malnutrition (SNACK): understanding characteristics, implementation, and effectiveness
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158469
Veggie Brek: a definitive cluster randomised controlled trial assessing children’s willingness to eat vegetables for breakfast at nursery with internal pilot, process and health economics evaluations
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR158551
Healthier Wealthier Families in East London: evaluating health, wellbeing and financial benefits of co-located money advice to parents of newborns (HWFinEL)
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Brian Ferguson (in Group B)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158844
Brief opportunistic Smoking cessation Advice for financially Vulnerable Individuals accessiNG financial Support (SAVINGS): a randomised controlled trial
Chair: Kay Nolan
Declared a conflict: Brian Ferguson (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158649
Interventions to improve mental health outcomes for those who have experienced pregnancy loss: mapping review, social media analysis and qualitative study to inform future services
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Susanna Mills (not in this group)
Decision: Decline

22/144 Workforce health

NIHR158561
Occupation and suicide: the evidence-base for preventative programmes and examining the risk of suicide by occupational group
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Alisha Davies (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR159093
Improving mental health research in workplaces: Co-development of core outcome sets with a focus on the construction industry as a case study with wider application to other industries
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: none
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR159142
Supporting the health of women at work: A realist review of pregnancy, postnatal, and menopause workplace interventions and their effectiveness
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Joanne Smithson (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158600
Co-producing workplace health
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: none
Decision: Decline

22/551 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women

NIHR158476
HOPEFUL: Enhancing hope with youth-initiated mentor support to prevent mental ill-health and improve social outcomes for young women who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) and living in deprived coastal areas
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: none
Decision: Shortlist

22/556 Children and young people's mental health

NIHR157698
Forest school INterventions for Children’s Health (FINCH): a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial
Chair: Helen Walters
Declared a conflict: Brian Ferguson
Decision: Shortlist

22/140 Reducing inequalities in the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections

NIHR157293
The Tower Hamlets Women's Health Hub: a mixed-methods evaluation of an integrated and equitable sexual and reproductive health intervention for women in East London
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR157903
Reducing sexually transmitted infections amongst those at highest risk: The Wrapped randomised controlled trial
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: none
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR158674
Sexual health OUtreach with incLusion health populations (SOUL Project)
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Farrah Hart
Decision: Decline

NIHR159088
Evaluating the implementation of Common Ambition Bristol to reduce HIV inequities in African and Caribbean heritage communities
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: none
Decision: Shortlist