Table 5.

Rounds 2 and 3—key role of health researchers

Key role of public health researchers	Round 2						Round 3
	Total (n = 144) Rating either strongly agree [5] or agree [4]	N=Academics (72), Practitioners (62), n = 10 missing data. Rating either extremely [5] or very important [4] priority (n = )	Mean	IQR	SD	Median	Total (n = 76) Rating either strongly agree [5] or agree [4]	N=Academics (35), Practitioners (35), n = 6 missing data. Rating either extremely [5] or very important [4] priority	Mean	IQR	SD	Median
1. Shifting research and policy focus from the individual to structural causes of health/social inequalities	87.6%	66, 49	4.39	1	0.787	5	91.7%	32, 33	4.56	1	0.868	5
2. Conducting pragmatic, real world research work focused on the North	89.4%	64, 52	4.36	1	0.775	5	91.6%	33, 31	4.46	1	0.8	5
3. Disseminating evidence on what works (e.g. intervention effectiveness and evidence syntheses)	88.4%	59, 55	4.35	1	0.78	4	86.1%	28, 32	4.26	1	0.822	4