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The Reading Agency is a UK-wide charity working to empower people of all ages to transform their lives through reading. We are carrying out research into people's experiences of accessing, reading and using health information.

We are using the phrase 'health information' in its broadest sense. For example, that could be information related to a specific health condition, to types of symptoms, or even to more general information about lifestyle or keeping well. You might access that information in a book, eBook, audiobook, leaflet, article or online.

The questions should take around 7-10 minutes to complete. By filling in this survey, you will also have the opportunity to enter a prize draw for a £25 Love2Shop voucher, which can be used at a range of high-street locations. You can fill in this form until 29 April.

We may use extracts from your comments in our communications with partners but all individual responses and comments will be kept anonymous. Your answers will help us understand more about people's experiences of using health information to try and make our work better in future.

Thank you for taking the time to give us this feedback.

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* 1. How often do you access health information?
We mean health information very broadly, for example, information about health conditions, symptoms, lifestyle, keeping well, and more. You might access that information online, in books, from the GP, etc.

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* 2. How easy do you find it to access health information?

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* 3. Where do you or would you go to access health information? Please select all that apply
We're interested in both the ways you already access health information, as well as where you might go to read health information

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* 4. If you have borrowed a book on a health topic from the library have you ever done any of the following? Please select all that apply
Books here can mean print books, eBooks, or audiobooks

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* 5. We'd like to learn a little more about your feelings around accessing health information from the library, whether or not it's something you've done before. For example, is the library a place you think of as a useful source of health information? Would you use it for that purpose? Why or why not?

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* 6. Thinking about the health information you currently access, how helpful is that information in managing your health and wellbeing?

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* 7. In your own words, can you describe what makes health information useful to you?

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* 8. What health information would you like to read that isn’t currently available or that you've struggled to find? For example, this could be related to a specific condition or symptom, finding reliable/trustworthy health information, or how that content is presented to you

For this next section, we'd like you to think specifically about accessing health information in books rather than articles or leaflets. Books about health topics is still meant very broadly, for example, about health conditions, symptoms, lifestyle, keeping well, and more.

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* 9. When would you read a book on a health topic?
Again, we're interested in both the reasons you already read books about health topics, as well as when you might read one

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* 10. What type of content is important to you when looking for or using books about health topics? Please rank the following options in order of importance for you, with 1 being most important and 6 being least important

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* 11. Which of the following qualities are important to you when looking for or using books about health topics? Please select all that apply

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* 12. What type of authors do you normally choose when looking for or using books about health topics? Please select all that apply

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* 13. Is there anything else you'd like to share?

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