Table 2.

Coding structure

Main Categories (codes)	Codes (sections of text can be coded against several codes)
(a) Goals	5 codes re gains in intended gains in health status specified as either: • Average health • Subject to ill health • Equity groups • Close the Gap • Across the gradient
(b) Recognition of evidence on the SDH & HE	• Acknowledge • Audit
(c) and (d) Objectives & Strategies Both of the above categories are coded against the same codes.	• Environmental health • Research • Policy development and governance • Workforce • Health service quality • Health service access • Collaboration between health services • Health promotion and disease prevention (Individual behavioural) • Community engagement • Cross sector activity • Social determinants of health (other than health service access)  • Home environment  • Early childhood development  • Education  • Health settings  • Employment/workplace conditions  • Housing  • Urban planning  • Public transport  • Regulatory measures • and Reducing social inequities Note: Strategies are all double coded against intended outcomes in regards to health equity