Table 2 Interview guide questions and level of Ecological Framework targeted
From: Community as a source of health in three racial/ethnic communities in Oregon: a qualitative study
Question | Level of ecological framework targeted |
|---|---|
Introduction | |
1. How long have you worked/lived in [name of agency or community]? | N/A |
Meaning of Good Health | |
First, I want you to think about your own health and life. | Intra-Personal |
2. What do you consider “good health”? | |
3. What do you think it means to live a healthy lifestyle? | |
Now I want you think about [insert name of community]. I’d like for you to think about the community residents that you see every day and interact with either personally or for your job. I also want you to think about the community’s physical environment, stores, restaurants, health and human services, community programs, and so on. | Community/Institutional |
4. What does it mean for a community to be “healthy”? | |
5. Do you consider your community to be healthy? | |
6. How would you rate the health of this community as a whole on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being poor and 5 being excellent? | |
Probe: What factors did you take into account with your rating? | |
Enabling and Inhibiting Factors of Good Health | |
7. What are the values around being healthy in this community? | Inter-Personal |
8. What are the unique characteristics (strengths) in [insert name of community] that help residents in being healthy? | |
Probe: What other characteristics within this community support being healthy? | |
9. What are the unique characteristics (weaknesses) in [insert name of community] that prevent residents from being healthy? | |
Probe: What other characteristics within your community discourage residents from being healthy? | |
10. Which of these characteristics, good and not good, are specific to the [insert Native/MSFW/Latino] culture in this community? | |
11. What are the biggest (or most important/pressing) health-related concerns in this community? | Community/Institutional |
Probe: In your point of view, what are the factors that contribute to these health problems? | |
12. What resources are available or in place in [insert name of community] to support healthy living among the residents? | Macro Level/Public Policy |
Probe: How much are these resources used by community residents? | |
Probe: How widely known are these resources by community residents? | |
Wrap Up | |
13. What are other important health issues in this community that we have not discussed so far? | All |