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Table 4 Results of the rating of methodological-theoretical research topics

From: Priority setting to support a public health research agenda: a modified Delphi study with public health stakeholders in Germany

Research topic

Overall

M1 -

Impact on public health research

M2 -

Impact on public health practice

M3 -

Potential for innovative insights

Score

Rank

Not assessed (in %)

Score

Rank

Not assessed (in %)

Score

Rank

Not assessed (in %)

Score

Rank

Not assessed (in %)

Interdisciplinary research

1.64

1

2

1.68

3

2

1.64

1

0

1.61

1

4

Complex interventions

1.68

2

5

1.67

2

1

1.71

2

7

1.67

2

9

Evidence-based public health research

1.76

3

3

1.60

1

4

1.81

5

1

1.87

4

5

Further development of intervention studies

1.81

4

4

1.77

6

4

1.78

4

3

1.87

5

7

Transdisciplinary research

1.83

5

5

1.76

5

5

2.06

14

3

1.67

3

8

Participation in health research

1.85

6

4

1.81

7

2

1.82

6

1

1.91

7

8

Indicators for the quality of health care and public health

1.86

7

5

1.74

4

1

1.77

3

6

2.06

12

6

Population participation

1.94

8

2

1.94

11

1

1.95

10

1

1.93

8

4

Development and maintenance of good health

2.00

9

4

2.04

13

3

1.87

7

5

2.10

13

4

Systematic reviews

2.03

10

4

1.91

8

4

1.96

11

1

2.21

21

7

Indicators of health literacy

2.04

11

5

2.18

19

5

1.90

8

2

2.04

10

6

Internationally comparable indicators

2.06

12

5

1.93

10

4

1.99

13

4

2.27

25

7

Structural and process indicators

2.06

13

5

2.10

15

4

1.98

12

4

2.11

15

8

Causal analyses / experiments

2.07

14

3

2.11

16

3

2.20

21

2

1.89

6

2

Qualitative health studies

2.08

15

2

1.92

9

2

2.15

19

0

2.16

18

4

Indicators of quality of life and of positive health states

2.09

16

4

2.23

20

3

1.91

9

5

2.14

16

5

Process evaluation

2.12

17

5

2.07

14

2

2.07

15

6

2.21

20

7

Methodological research on registry and routine data

2.12

18

4

2.04

12

3

2.13

18

3

2.19

19

6

Big Data

2.14

19

10

2.16

18

10

2.23

22

8

2.04

11

13

Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)

2.16

20

15

2.15

17

9

2.30

25

12

2.02

9

24

Sociological aspects of health

2.16

21

4

2.23

21

1

2.15

20

1

2.11

14

10

Conceptualization of behaviour/setting

2.16

22

7

2.26

23

5

2.08

17

4

2.16

17

11

Indicators for health targets

2.28

23

5

2.26

22

4

2.07

16

5

2.51

30

5

Modelling Studies—Decision Analysis

2.29

24

13

2.30

25

8

2.29

24

12

2.29

26

18

Theoretical foundation of effects models

2.31

25

6

2.35

26

5

2.34

26

4

2.24

23

9

Action Research

2.31

26

13

2.42

28

10

2.29

23

8

2.22

22

20

Research on public health theories

2.33

27

6

2.27

24

7

2.37

27

3

2.35

28

10

Preventive markers

2.41

28

9

2.48

29

5

2.40

28

5

2.35

27

17

Online Social Research

2.44

29

12

2.65

30

5

2.41

29

15

2.26

24

17

Mobility concepts

2.46

30

12

2.37

27

9

2.56

30

8

2.45

29

20

Average

2.07

 

7

2.04

 

4

2.07

 

5

2.10

 

9

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