1. Public Health Research Programme
Phil Taverner
11/11/2018

2. The PHR programme
Funds the evaluation of non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health
National programme open to researchers from across the UK
Includes qualitative and quantitative research which evaluates the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health interventions
Primary outcome measure must be health related

3. Purpose and remit
The PHR programme evaluates public health interventions, providing new knowledge on the benefits, costs, acceptability and wider impacts of non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health.
The scope of the programme is multi-disciplinary and broad covering a range of public health interventions.
Can’t fund intervention costs

4. The Application Process
Two-stage application process (outline & full)
External peer and public review
Full assessment by Programme Advisory Board (PAB) and Research Funding Board (RFB)
‘Needs-led, Science-Added’

5. Programme Advisory Board
Advise on public health importance
Applications from researchers
Topics for commissioned research – ideas, please!
Senior managers from local authorities and third sector
Observers from devolved assemblies

6. Research Funding Board
Science
Effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness
Senior academics

7. Evidence to support local authority public health
Adult social care
Children’s social care
Housing
Environment
Culture, recreation and sport
Democratic services
Planning and development
Highways, roads and transport
Schools

8. Community-based peer support: Developing a model for promoting health literacy.
How effective is the Forestry Commission Scotland's woodland improvement programme - 'Woods In and Around Towns' (WIAT) - at improving psychological wellbeing in deprived communities?
Elder abuse commissioning brief
Adult Social Care

9. Children’s social care
An overview of interventions aimed at improving outcomes for children exposed to domestic violence: systematic review, evidence synthesis and research recommendations.
Trial of Healthy Relationship Initiatives for the Very Early-years: a randomised controlled trial for Mothers Identified as vulnerable in pregnancy and their babies.
Children’s social care

10. Health impact, and economic value, of meeting housing quality standards.

11. Public health air pollution impacts of different pathways to meet the UK Climate Change Act commitment to 80% reduction on CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions by
Environment

12. Culture, recreation and sport
Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a randomized controlled trial of a gender-sensitive weight loss and healthy living programme delivered to men aged by Scottish Premier League (SPL) football clubs.
Arts and health
Culture, recreation and sport

13. Can specific approaches to community engagement help to reduce inequalities in health; for whom, under what circumstances, and with what resources? A mixed-methods evidence synthesis.
One of three studies funded from a commissioning brief.
Democratic services

14. Planning and development
Randomised controlled trial of all-Wales licensed premises intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence.
Evaluating the impact of urban regeneration on young people and their families.
Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health.
Planning and development

15. Highways, roads and transport
What is the effect of reduced street lighting on crime and road traffic accidents at night? A mixed methods study.
Health impacts of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
Cycling
Highways, roads and transport

16. A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis of the Roots of Empathy schools-based programme for improving social and emotional wellbeing outcomes among 8-9 year olds in Northern Ireland.
Schools

17. Tackling inequalities in obesity: How effective are public health interventions at reducing socio-economic inequalities in obesity amongst children and adults?
Outreach programmes for health improvement of traveller communities: A pluralistic synthesis of evidence.
General

18. Thank you
Questions?