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National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)
Obesity Themed Call Details (Hits : 1154)
| Aims: | The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Public Health Research (PHR) programmes are launching a joint themed call for obesity evaluation research. The Office for the Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research has prioritised obesity for further research and Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A cross-government research and surveillance plan for England was published in 2008. |
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| Description: | Research proposals to this call must be within the remit of the HTA or PHR programme. Both programmes focus on evaluation, with an interest in cost-effectiveness. The research should be designed to inform NHS and/or public health decision-makers. The HTA programme evaluates interventions in the NHS and the PHR programme evaluates public health interventions delivered in other settings. NETSCC can help researchers to identify which programme to apply to, or may allocate proposals between the programmes when they are submitted. |
| *Type: | Programmes |
| *Duration: | Unspecified |
| Funding: | Both programmes have a focus on pragmatic evaluation and a special interest in cost-effectiveness. |
| *Amount: | Unspecified (Estimated total funds: £0) |
| Closing Date: | (Unlikely to be repeated) |
| Comments: | Applications should have been submitted electronically and the deadline for receiving all applications was 1pm on Wednesday 20 January 2010. Guidance notes and further information is available from their website. |
| Restrictions: | Studies should meet these criteria: - Participants: Adults and/or children in whom the intervention might be of value. - Interventions or Tests: Those which prevent obesity or identify, diagnose, or treat people who are obese or overweight. Both programmes are interested in research which may lead to a reduction in health inequalities. - Setting: Any: either the wider community or the NHS (eg hospitals or primary care, community NHS settings such as pharmacies or health promotion services, etc). - Study Design: Well-designed evaluation studies, including randomised controlled trials, pilot and feasibility studies, and evidence syntheses. Pilot and feasibility study proposals should come with an overview of the definitive study, and a clear plan of how the preliminary study will inform it. The definitive study should also be within the remit of one of the two programmes. - Outcomes: - For the HTA programme: Eligible studies should have a primary outcome of a measure of obesity or overweight for a minimum of one year. Among their outcomes investigators should report weight (kg) in adults or BMI centile in children, at baseline and one year, or another widely reported outcome to allow later meta-analysis and indirect comparisons. Cost effectiveness should normally be assessed. For the PHR programme: Eligible studies should normally have a primary outcome of a measure of obesity or overweight for a minimum of one year or a well validated surrogate. Among their outcomes investigators should report weight (kg) in adults or BMI centile in children, at baseline and one year, or another widely reported outcome to allow later meta-analysis and indirect comparisons. Cost effectiveness should normally be assessed |
| Contact: | Phone: 023 8059 5586 |
| Grant Web Page: | Obesity Themed Call |
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