Identifying research priorities for public health research to address health inequalities: use of Delphi-like survey methods

Table 1 Sources for recruitment of participants and response rates for Phase 1

	Numbers contacted	Positive replies	Percentage response	Number who completed Round 1 survey	Percentage of responders who completed Round 1 survey	Number who completed Round 2 survey	Percentage of responders who completed survey Round 2	Number who completed Round 3 survey	Percentage of responders who completed survey Round 3
Through CHAIN	41	29	71%	22	76%	19	66%	13	45%
Snowballing from CHAIN	6	3	50%	3	100%	2	67%	2	67%
Personal contacts	4	4	100%	3	75%	2	50%	2	50%
ADASS	59	10	17%	5	50%	1	10%	1	10%
Snowballing from ADASS	2	2	100%	0	0%	0	0%	1	50%
Directors of PH/LGA delegate list	25	4	16%	3	75%	2	50%	2	50%
TOTAL	137	52	38%	36	69%	26	50%	21	40%
Overall response rate from persons initially contacted					26%		19%		15%

ADASS Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, CHAIN Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network, LGA, Local Government Association, PH public health

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