Table 1 Sample questions from the interview guide
From: Food beliefs and practices in urban poor communities in Accra: implications for health interventions
Section | Main question | Probes |
|---|---|---|
Lay food beliefs | What is food in general? | How would you define food? What would you consider as food? |
Are there meanings attached to foods? | How do people get to decide on what to eat/not to eat? | |
Do you have meanings attached to the food you eat? | Do people eat certain foods to portray an identity (e.g. Wealth, religious meals, well-being, celebrations and ethnicity)? | |
(Un)Healthy eating | What would you consider to be good/bad food? | List ten of such? |
What would you consider to be (un)healthy eating? | Time of eating? | |
Does how much food a person eat matters? | ||
What about the content of food (Ingredients/lack/ low intake of vegetables and fruits)? | ||
Does the source (Home, street vendor) of the food matter? | ||
What factors influence your food choice? | Individual (Finances, health status) | |
Family (Spouse, children, other relatives and friends), | ||
Community (Food availability, food prices) | ||
Structural (Government laws, poverty) |