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BNSSG JSNAs:
challenges and potential links with
academia
Dr Christine Hine,
Consultant in Public Health
December 2012
Challenges – general observations
 Deciding what ‘the JSNA’ is
• Need to conceptualise if trying to benefit from it
 Integrating into ways of working
• An aid to partnerships developing and working
• Getting beyond the front page(s)
• Reading and assimilating
 Making an impact on commissioning and
outcomes
In writing the JSNA, did you identify specific research evidence
gaps that you considered very important?
3 of 6 respondents answered ‘yes’
Please specify an example that you
think might be a future research
priority.
What question(s) remained
unanswered after you had looked at
the available evidence?
Evidence of the effectiveness of A&E based
intervention for support of victims of
Domestic Violence
Generalisability of evidence. Only found a
small evidence base.
Local prevalence of alcohol and or drugs
use/misuse among young people.
A regular and reliable source of local
statistics, specifically on young people
(in addition to hospital data).
Health inequalities around uptake amongst
young people and people with LD for sexual
health services.
The link between alcohol use and sexual
health (particularly young people).
….limited quick review of the literature ,
hence felt that assimilation of evidence
related to interventions that tackled alcohol
and sexual health together was difficult to
'easily' assimilate for JSNA.
Would you like to provide further examples of
future research priorities?
1. Impacts of Welfare Reform on health
inequalities
2. Social Isolation and older people - including
impact of Personalisation agenda
3. Emergence of Food poverty as potential
issue
4. Autism - effectiveness of increased tracking
of Autistic Spectrum Disorder as specific
diagnosis & tailoring of services
Potential links with academia

Have you already put forward any of the above as a
potential research question?
‘Yes - contacted a research team at University of
Bristol’
 ‘The best models I have seen for generating
research questions is having academics on the
steering / delivery groups for particular topics.
This has worked well for suicide and sexual
health. Health Integration Teams may also bridge
this gap. Alternatively having themed days for
academia / service PH.’
Potential links with academia
 ‘Workshops, brainstorming and
prioritisation events with relevant
stakeholders including local authority (cobenefit of raising awareness of public
health research input into augmenting
service delivery)’
 ‘…for updates in the future, we could add a
section with the title, "research questions to
be addressed“ [to the authors template]’
Potential links with academia - comments
 ‘In theory research questions should fall out
of the JSNA and the guidance does
encourage this to happen. However in
practice there is not enough detail to be
able to do this.’
 ‘There is an evidence section - 'what
works', but this usually contains links to
NICE documents, DH guidance etc not
detailed reviews.’
Conclusions
There is potential to develop:
 academic/service links and partnerships
within the JSNA processes
 PH practice towards generating research
questions
Challenges:
 How close a link?
 How high a priority?