Table 1 Interview Guide
Q. | Main Questions | Additional Questions | Clarifying Questions / Prompts |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Describe your organization, its mandate, and responsibilities | ||
2. | Who (what population/community) is the focus of your activities? | ||
3. | Is there a larger system that your community is a part of? | How does the work of your organization fit into this larger system? | What are the links? How do they connect in a public health context? |
4. | Who are the stakeholders in your community? | How do you identify these stakeholders? | |
5. | Are there unique or marginalized groups within your community? | ||
6. | Are they represented in your programming? Why or why not? | ||
7. | How does your organization work with stakeholders? | Are stakeholders directly involved with any aspect of your work? | Communication, direct involvement, program development, conducting research/running programs, analysis/evaluation or dissemination |
8. | Are your stakeholders directly represented within your organization? | If so, how? | Structurally (peer researchers, board membership, etc.) or through your programs (directly engage stakeholders, represent interests)? |
9. | Are there any barriers to working with stakeholders? | How does your organization try to overcome these barriers? | |
10. | How do you define “health”? | How do you define “health” in your community? | |
Are there other definitions of health in your community? | |||
11. | How do you define the environment of your community? | What are/Are there links between your community and the environment? | |
12. | Do you believe that the health of your community is linked to its environment? | If so, how? | |
Is this reflected in your programming? | |||
13. | How do you define a “healthy” environment? | ||
14. | Do you believe that the health of your community is linked to the health of its environment? | If so, how? | |
15. | Is this reflected in your programming? | Why or why not? If not, what are the barriers to doing so? | |
16. | How do you measure health (of your community and the environment)? | ||
17. | How do you know if you’ve improved the health of your community? | Their environment? | |
18. | Are your perspectives on the connection between environment and the health of your community, shared by your partners? | Your community? | |
19. | If so, how are your programs/policies supported by your partners? By your community? | ||
20. | If not, what are the barriers towards a shared understanding? | Can you elaborate or give specific examples? | |
21. | In the context of the health and the environment, is there an individual / policy / program / organization that has shaped the practices of your organization? | ||
22. | Can you identify a model of good public health practice with respect to health and the environment? | ||
23. | How are public health problems first identified by your organization? | How are they prioritized? | |
24. | When developing your programs and policies, what types of evidence do you collect? | How do you collect this evidence? | For example, scientific/formal literature, expert-driven, community level, local or individual knowledge |
How do you prioritize evidence? | |||
25. | What are the challenges to integrating evidence into your programming? | ||
26. | Who is involved in developing programs and policies? | Individuals? A team approach? If a team, who would typically make up this team? | |
27. | Do team members have different perspectives on the links between human health and the environment? Do you incorporate perspectives from outside the organization? If so, how? | From individuals, from the community, other groups? | |
28. | How do you reconcile conflicting perspectives or pieces of evidence? | ||
29. | How do you disseminate or share your work? With whom is your work shared? | ||
30. | Are your programs and policies adaptive? If so, how? | Responsive to changing environments? | |
31. | At what scale (temporal or spatial or otherwise) are your policies and programs developed? |