How do public health professionals view and engage with research? A qualitative interview study and stakeholder workshop engaging public health professionals and researchers

Table 1 Sample characteristics

Service	Public health professional (by sector where relevant)			Supporting researchers		Non appliers/ not funded
		Invited	Interviewed	Invited	Interviewed	Invited¹	Interviewed
NIHR SPHR PHPES	LA - public health	3	2	4	3	4	1
		Invited	Interviewed	Invited	Interviewed	Invited²	Interviewed
AskFuse projects	NHS LA public health LA non-public health Other	1 4 2 1	1 2 1 1	5	4	4	3
Total		11	7	9	7	8	4

1 PHPs who have applied for NIHR SPHR PHPES support but have not been awarded funding
2 PHPs who are eligible to access AskFuse but have not contacted the service for support

ISSN: 1471-2458