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PHR Prioritisation Committee Meeting – Public Minutes September 2023

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Published: 26 October 2023

Version: 1.0

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Date

13 September 2023

Venue

The Wellcome Collection, London

Present members

  • Brian Ferguson – Chair & Programme Director, does not vote
  • Victor Agbontean – Public member
  • Jo Bibby
  • Julie Bishop
  • Adam Briggs
  • Ruth Chambers – Public member
  • Alisha Davies
  • Susan Hampshaw
  • Farrah Hart
  • Emily Humphreys (joined from 1pm)
  • Louise Hurst
  • Wikum Jayatunga
  • Gerry McCartney
  • Susanna Mills
  • Nikki Morris
  • Philippa Osei
  • David Pye (left at 1pm)
  • Nigel Riglar
  • Joanne Smithson
  • Paul Southon
  • Jean Spencer
  • Emily Tweed

New members observing

  • Naomh Gallagher
  • Rachel Thomson

Present Standing Observers

  • Katherine Dunne (for Catherine Moody) - MRC
  • Josie Jackson (for Michael Bowdery) – Welsh Government

Other Observers

  • Janine Bestall - PHRADA
  • Maria Hassard - NIHR

Secretariat

  • Claire Kidgell
  • Helen Walters
  • James Morris
  • Gemma House
  • Zoe McCrossan
  • Emily Allison
  • Louise Higgs
  • Aimee O’Neill

Apologies members

  • Rachel Clark
  • Hannah Drew – Public member
  • Catherine Falconer
  • Mark Gamsu
  • Kay Nolan
  • Garth Reid
  • Emily Slade
  • Samantha Start
  • Humera Sultan
  • Michael Thomas-Sam
  • Becky Wilkinson
  • John Wilderspin

Committee comments

Shortlisting of Stage 1 proposals

22/141 Interventions that impact loneliness

NIHR160419
Understanding and explaining how and why an asset-based Community Initiative can support adults Experiencing or at risk of Loneliness (The CIEL study): A realist evaluation
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Adam Briggs (not in this group)
Decision: Decline

NIHR161002
Reducing Loneliness in Universities: Is Personal Tutoring, Wellbeing Advice and Peer Mentoring Effective?
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160551
Project FLAG+ (Fighting Loneliness Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Adults): A mixed-methods process, outcomes and economic evaluation of community-led housing in the UK
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160413
Reducing and Preventing Loneliness Among University Students
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160495
Volunteering on Prescription: Evaluating Pathways for Loneliness Reduction Through Community Volunteering
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: shortlist

NIHR161644
Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Social Prescribing to Mitigate Loneliness
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR160702
Evaluating the role of social prescribing programmes in tackling loneliness in vulnerable population sub-groups across the lifespan: Understanding and disseminating what works for whom
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Joanne Smithson
Decision: Decline

NIHR159633
Interventions focussing on Marginalised People experiencing Loneliness In Career Transition [IMPLICT]
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

23/23 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions

NIHR160942
An Equally Safe Place in the Sun: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Sun Safety Education in Primary Schools in England and Wales
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Alisha Davies (not in this group)
Decision: Decline

NIHR160301
Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA): A systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emily Tweed, Rachel Thomson and Gerry McCartney
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161306
Impact of food environment policies on less healthy food consumption, obesity and food insecurity – a model-based appraisal
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict and left the room: Susan Hampshaw
Decision: Shortlist

22/136 Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research

NIHR160647
ACCEPT Project - Assessment of Communication, Consultation and Engagement Practices to improve Trust in the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research in Kent, Medway and Sussex
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Out of remit/decline

NIHR161310
Research as representation: Empowering communities to engage with integrated health and administrative data ecosystems to support public health and reduce health inequalities
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR161689
Public Perceptions of the use of Administrative Datasets for Health and Mental Health Research
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160994
Exploring public acceptance of the use of administrative data and a co-produced local data system
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR159763
Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

23/19 NIHR NICE rolling call (PHR Programme)

NIHR160989
A cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the CHARMING (CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls) programme to increase and sustain physical activity among 9–10-year-old girls
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Alisha Davies and Julie Bishop (both not in this group)
Decision: Decline

23/22 Researcher-led

NIHR159649
The distributional and financial impacts of the soft drinks industry levy on childhood dental caries in England
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR159920
Evaluating the effectiveness of the Blue Light intervention approach delivered to the police and community organisations in Wirral
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160350
The impacts and implications of de-sexing language in reproductive health communications in the UK
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160372
In2Air - The impact of ‘net-zero’ household energy interventions on indoor air quality, health and wellbeing
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: Susanna Mills (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160466
Air Filtration to Reduce Illness absence due to infections in early years childcare: the AFRI-e cluster randomised controlled trial with internal nested pilot, process and economic evaluations
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160566
Re-designing physical activity in productive work time to be ‘just right’: A Goldilocks Work intervention to improve musculoskeletal disorders in an aging, low paid workforce
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: Rachel Thomson and Emily Tweed (both not in this group)
Decision: Decline

NIHR160569
Evaluating the Impact of Interventions for the Prevention of Drug-related Deaths in the Population in Scotland [EPhesuS]
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160620
Physical activity, sedentary time and all-cause mortality in disabled people
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160706
SuppOrtive Response To Self-harm (SORTS): A pilot evaluation of an online training programme and support tool for secondary schools to improve response to young people who self-harm
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160830
A multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial with nested process evaluation of a targeted online psychological intervention (Space for Money Worries), supported by money/debt advisors, to improve depression and anxiety in those receiving money or debt advice
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160965
Optimisation and pilot RCT of the ‘Belonging’ brief interventions to build school belonging, promote mental health and prevent violence in secondary schools
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161183
Randomised controlled trial with parallel process and economic analyses of the health impacts of housing and intensive health and third sector intervention for people experiencing repeat or long term homelessness in the UK
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161198
SEPARATE: Examining the implementation and impact of policies to separate alcohol from other products in retail settings in the UK and Ireland: a mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: Susan Hampshaw (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161405
How effective and cost-effective is the "No Mow May scheme" in urban areas at reducing anti-social behaviour?
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR161443
Pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of the School Plates intervention to increase provision and consumption of sustainable and healthy foods in UK primary schools
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emily Humphreys
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161470
A feasibility study of The BodyMind Approach for groups of students experiencing stress or anxiety
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161691
Feeding Recovery: A nutritional intervention to reduce harm for alcohol-dependent drinkers
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

23/28 Health impacts of having ‘No Recourse to Public Funds

NIHR161100
Health and wellbeing impacts of no recourSe to pUblic fuNds reStriction in cHIldreN and familiEs (SUNSHINE Study)
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

23/29 Reducing compound pressures on the NHS and social care (themed call cross programme)

NIHR159904
Enhancing Health System Resilience for Extreme Heat Emergencies: Evaluating The Cost-Effectiveness and Impact of Heat-Health Alerts on Vulnerable Population Emergency and Acute Care Utilisation
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: Susan Hampshaw (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161064
Risk factors for hospitalisation during times of extreme temperatures
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

23/27 Interventions to improve health outcomes for sex workers

NIHR161280
A multi-sited evaluation of third sector-led health interventions for street sex workers in the North of England: towards a contemporary public health approach
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: Brian Ferguson (not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

23/21 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme

NIHR160450
An implementation study for a single screening question in community settings for harmful gambling: validation, acceptance and implementation (GamScreen)
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR160308
Using mobile phone data to evaluate the impact of new infrastructure on local and city-wide active travel
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: Rachel Thomson and Emily Tweed (both not in this group)
Decision: Shortlist

NIHR161431
Helping people with mental health conditions to stop smoking: Randomised trial of e-cigarettes versus combination nicotine replacement therapy
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

NIHR161640
Evaluating a community-MBT intervention for reducing mental health inequalities in young people involved in gang-related violence: a theory based, complex systems approach
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Decline

Commissioned workstream - Consideration and shortlisting of 8 research briefs

Brief 1: Interventions to deliver inclusive economies
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 2: Parenting interventions
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 3: Climate change and health
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 4: Data mapping to understand e-cigarettes better through modelling (Application Development Award)
Chair: Brian Ferguson
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 5: Healthy Homes
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 6: Interventions to support the health of women in prison or post-release
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 7: Men’s Mental Health
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments

Brief 8: Digital health inclusion and inequalities (Application Development Award)
Chair: Julie Bishop
Declared a conflict: None
Decision: Approve for advert subject to committee comments