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Table 1 ‘Inequalities in the UK: Future Research Priorities’ survey questions

From: The role of cultural, community and natural assets in addressing societal and structural health inequalities in the UK: future research priorities

1. Which of the below best describes your current role?

[Options: Academic; Clinical Commissioner; Creative and cultural professional; Economist; Funder; Healthcare professional; Local authority employee; Parliamentarian; Policymaker; Researcher; Social care professional; Voluntary / third sector professional; and Other]

2. Please identify which of these key areas of inequality would benefit from more research (select all that apply).

[Options: Age; Economic factors; Education; Employment; Environment; Ethnicity; Gender; Health; Living standards; Regional; Social care; and Other]

3. Please rank the below areas in order of your top 3 research priorities (please indicate other areas you consider are also important).

[Options: Access to creative and cultural activities; Access to nature / outdoor spaces; Alcohol / drug / substance abuse; Child abuse; Childcare; Community; Crime; Education / training; Foodbanks; Gambling; Gentrification; Healthcare; Homelessness; Loneliness and isolation; Policing; Pollution; Public transport; Sense of place; Smoking cessation; Social care; Urban regeneration]

4. Please rank which of the approaches below would benefit from more research in relation to addressing inequalities (please indicate other areas you consider are also important).

[Options: Advice services; Adult education / training; Art galleries / museums / archives / historic / heritage sites; Arts (incl. performing and digital arts); Clubs / societies; Community spaces: Creative arts therapies; Early years’ provision; Green / blue outdoor spaces; Health / social care including mental health; Horticulture; Libraries; Social prescribing; Third sector / charities; Urban regeneration; Volunteering]

5. Please identify which geographic areas below are a priority for research (select all that apply).

[Options: East of England; East Midlands; London; North East; North West; Northern Ireland; Scotland; South East; South West; Wales, West Midlands; Yorkshire & the Humber]

6. Please indicate which research or evaluation methods are most appropriate for conducting research into inequalities (select all that apply).

[Options: Action research; Arts-based methods; Brain scanning techniques; Community / participatory methods; Ethnographic studies; Longitudinal studies; Meta-analysis; Physiological / biological research; Randomised controlled trials; Translational research; Quasi-experimental research; Questionnaires / focus groups and Other]

7. Please use this space to make any other comments about future research priorities in relation to addressing inequalities.