Santé publique France is inviting applications to form an evaluation committee for promising or evidence-based interventions in health prevention and promotion (HPP).
Access the catalog of interventions identified to date, as well as information on selection criteria and existing platforms in France and abroad
The application package must include:
a cover letter providing professional and personal contact information, an email address, and a cell phone number;
a resume;
a list of works/publications from the past 5 years;
a public declaration of interest to be completed on the DPI SANTE ministry portal
The application must be submitted by May 4, 2022, to the following address: registre-interventions@santepubliquefrance.fr
Only complete applications will be considered.
The selection of applications by the evaluation committee for promising or proven interventions in PPS will be based on the information provided in the cover letter, the candidates’ alignment with the sought-after skills, an analysis of conflicts of interest, and the necessary multidisciplinary nature of the group.
Please note: in accordance with Santé publique France’s best practices for preventing conflicts of interest, participation on industry boards and the receipt of personal compensation from industry entities within the committee’s scope of work constitute a conflict of interest that is incompatible with appointment to the committee.
Declarations of interest will be reviewed by the Internal Ethics Committee of Santé publique France.
Candidates will be informed of the outcome of the review of their application via email from the committee’s secretariat.
Members will be appointed by decision of the Director General of Santé publique France; the DPI records of members of the committee evaluating promising or conclusive interventions in PPS are published on the DPI SANTE portal.
The committee’s composition is published on the agency’s website.
Members of the Scientific Council, the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, the Steering and Dialogue Committee of Santé publique France, and the Expert Committee on Prevention and Health Promotion are not eligible to apply.
The National Public Health Agency, established by Order No. 2016-462 of April 14, 2016, is a public administrative agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Health.
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In order to comply with Santé publique France’s best practices for comitology, the Directorate of Prevention and Health Promotion (DPPS) has established an evaluation committee for promising or evidence-based interventions in public health. This committee supports the Registry of Evidence-Based and Promising Interventions, which is hosted and managed by Santé publique France.
The role of this evaluation committee is to:
to review the admissibility of field interventions in PPS (pre-selection) submitted to the committee prior to external evaluation to determine their eligibility for inclusion in the Registry;
to validate the eligibility of PPS interventions (selection) evaluated for inclusion in the Registry;
to determine the level of evidence of effectiveness for selected PPS interventions, according to a 5-level scale.
A panel of qualified reviewers, external to the committee and to Santé publique France, will conduct evaluations of PPS interventions intended to document (or even refute) a level of evidence of effectiveness. A pair of members of the evaluation committee, designated as rapporteurs, will summarize the analysis sheets prepared by the external reviewers and present their scientific assessment for each evaluated intervention to the entire committee. The evaluation committee will determine the level of evidence of effectiveness through a collegial decision-making process.
This evaluation committee will consist of 10 members, appointed by the Director General of Santé publique France, all of whom are external to Santé publique France and recruited through a public call for applications.
Committee members will serve in their personal capacity (intuitu personae) and therefore cannot be replaced. They will express their opinions independently of their affiliated organizations.
The expertise required must enable the classification and labeling of PPS interventions as promising or proven based on their effectiveness: scientifically substantiated beneficial effects of PPS interventions on health status (or health determinants) linked to post-intervention behavioral changes over time; reduction of social health inequalities.
The evaluation committee takes into account the diversity of disciplinary approaches applied to the evaluation of PPS interventions and across the various fields of public health practice.
General Skills
Scientific expertise in public health and/or the humanities, social sciences, and economics;
Experience in evaluating PPS interventions;
Skills in prevention science/research;
Writing skills;
Ability to work collaboratively;
Experience participating in working groups.
Specific skills
Methodological expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and health economics in the field of PPS (examples: knowledge of the scientific literature on prevention; evaluations of the impact of preventive interventions (randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental trials, time series, etc.); cost-benefit analyses; mixed-methods approaches; scaling-up challenges).
Knowledge of recent publications in the relevant field.
Committee members are appointed for a four-year term.
The committee for evaluating promising or evidence-based interventions in PPS will meet no more than five times a year, either in person at the Santé publique France site in Saint-Maurice or via videoconference.
Members will sign a “Confidentiality and Commitment to Attend Meetings Agreement” and commit to regularly attending meetings and participating in the work of the Scientific Committee in support of the Registry of Promising or Proven Interventions in PPS.
Members will have access to information held by Santé publique France that is necessary for the requested work.
The Director General of Santé publique France will provide the resources necessary for the committee’s operation.
The scientific and administrative secretariat of this committee will be provided by the Directorate of Prevention and Health Promotion (DPPS).
The committee will base its decisions on external evaluations produced by qualified experts, taking into account multidisciplinary perspectives and collegiality. If necessary, it may hear from any expert whose knowledge and experience are deemed necessary for its mission.
Travel and subsistence expenses are reimbursed in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to civilian government employees.
Compensation for loss of income in the case of self-employed individuals, as well as compensation for time spent attending meetings and for work performed, will be provided in accordance with the schedule established by the Board of Directors of Santé publique France.
