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Table 2.

Framing and prioritizing the research question

Questions for the research team (i.e. Researchers and Public Research Partners)
1. What is the research problem we will be looking at? ➢ How did we decide upon this research problem? ➢ Did we involve people/families/communities with lived experience of this health issue in prioritizing this research problem? ➢ Is there anyone we have not involved who should be?
2. What assumptions (e.g. beliefs about what causes the health issue we are researching and which population(s) is/are most affected) do you think underlie the representation of this health issue we will be looking at? ➢ Who do you think is involved in framing and defining the health issue in that way? ➢ Why do you think they frame the health issue that way? ➢ Do you think that the way people look at the health issue has changed over time (i.e. historically), or is different depending on where they live (i.e. geographically)?

Questions for the research team (i.e. Researchers and Public Research Partners)

1. What is the research problem we will be looking at?
➢ How did we decide upon this research problem?
➢ Did we involve people/families/communities with lived experience of this health issue in prioritizing this research problem?
➢ Is there anyone we have not involved who should be?

2. What assumptions (e.g. beliefs about what causes the health issue we are researching and which population(s) is/are most affected) do you think underlie the representation of this health issue we will be looking at?
➢ Who do you think is involved in framing and defining the health issue in that way?
➢ Why do you think they frame the health issue that way?
➢ Do you think that the way people look at the health issue has changed over time (i.e. historically), or is different depending on where they live (i.e. geographically)?