Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research

Dogra, Sufyan Abid; Lightfoot, Kate; Kerr, Rosslyn; Hall, Jennifer; Joseph, Olivia; Siddig, Nasiba; Nutting, Hannah; Shire, Katy; Roberts, Helen; Small, Neil; McEachan, Rosemary; Wright, John

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18096.1

“…BiB participants are currently transitioning to secondary school, and the Wellcome Trust have funded a new wave of research (BiB Age of Wonder) that will follow the children and young people through to age 21 years. Age of Wonder has a strong focus on participant engagement; throughout 2021 we conducted focus groups and workshops with young people to co-produce the survey questionnaires that will be used in the next few years 7 .…”

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Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status

Moss¹,

Kelly²,

Bird³

et al. 2023

Wellcome Open Res

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Subjective social status measures a person’s perception of their social class relative to other people and has theoretically and empirically been positively associated with health and wellbeing. A widely used measure of this construct is the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, which asks people to report their social status by placing themselves on a ladder which represents the social hierarchy of their society or community; the scale has been used with many different populations across many countries. In this research note, we describe two cases where we encountered unexpected reactions to the MacArthur Scale that we believe highlight (a) the salience of relative social status for people’s wellbeing in contemporary society and (b) the concomitant sensitivities raised by measuring this subjective experience. We discuss the implications of these observations for future research.

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People powered research: what do communities identify as important for happy and healthy children and young people? A multi-disciplinary community research priority setting exercise in the City of Bradford, United Kingdom (UK)

Cartwright

¹

,

Rahman

²

,

Islam

³

et al. 2023

Int J Equity Health

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Background Involving communities in research priority setting can increase the relevance and efficiency of research, leading to better health outcomes. However these exercises often lack clarity in how communities are involved and the extent to which priorities are acted upon is unclear. Seldom-heard groups, for example ethnic minorities may experience barriers to participation. We report methods and outcomes of an inclusive co-produced community research priority setting exercise within the multicultural and deprived city of Bradford, UK. The aim was to identify priorities for keeping children happy and healthy and was undertaken by the Born in Bradford (BiB) research programme to inform future research agendas. Methods A 12 member multi-disciplinary, multi-ethnic community steering group led the process using a modified James Lind Alliance approach between December 2018-March 2020. Research priorities were collected through a widely distributed paper and online survey. Respondents were asked to list three important things to keep children i) happy, ii) healthy and what needs to change to improve either health or happiness. Free text data were coded iteratively by community researchers, and shared priorities were co-produced in a series of workshops and meetings with the community steering group and community members. Results Five hundred eighty-eight respondents to the survey identified 5748 priorities, which were coded into 22 themes. These covered a range of individual, social and wider socioeconomic, environmental and cultural priorities. Diet/nutrition and exercise were most commonly identified as important for health, including what needs to change to improve health. For happiness, home life and family relationships, listening to children, and education/activities were the most commonly identified. Community assets were identified as important to change for both health and happiness. From the survey response the steering group developed 27 research questions. There were mapped onto existing and planned research agendas within BiB. Conclusions Communities identified both structural and individual factors as important priorities for health and happiness. We demonstrate how communities can be involved in priority setting using a co-productive approach in the hope this can be used as a model for others. The resulting shared research agenda will shape future research to improve the health of families living in Bradford.

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Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status

Moss¹,

Kelly²,

Bird³

et al. 2023

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Subjective social status measures a person’s perception of their social class relative to other people and has theoretically and empirically been positively associated with health and wellbeing. A widely used measure of this construct is the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, which asks people to report their social status by placing themselves on a ladder which represents the social hierarchy of their society or community; the scale has been used with many different populations across many countries. In this research note, we describe two cases where we encountered unexpected reactions to the MacArthur Scale that we believe highlight (a) the salience of relative social status for people’s wellbeing in contemporary society and (b) the concomitant sensitivities raised by measuring this subjective experience. We discuss the implications of these observations for future research.

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Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research

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Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status

Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status

People powered research: what do communities identify as important for happy and healthy children and young people? A multi-disciplinary community research priority setting exercise in the City of Bradford, United Kingdom (UK)

Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status

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