Table 1 Qualitative Interview Questions Used to Understand Participant Relationship with Community Food Environment of the Flathead Reservation

Section One: Dietary Intake

• What are some of the most popular foods eaten in your household?

• What are some of the most popular foods eaten in your community?

• Do any of these foods have cultural value to your community?

• How often do you prepare meals at home?

• How often do you eat out?

Section Two: Nutrition Knowledge

• Do you know any foods that you should not eat too much of?

• Why should you not eat too much of these foods?

• What is your idea of a healthy diet?

• What motivates you to eat healthy?

• What prevents you from eating healthy?

• Where did you learn most of your information about food?

• In what ways is it easy or hard to get your family to eat healthy foods?

• How do you respond to resistance from family?

Section Three: Food Access in the Food Environment

• What are all the sources of food in your community?

• Do you or someone in your household hunt?

• Do you or someone in your household fish?

• Do you or someone in your household collect wild foods?

• Do you have a home garden?

• Would you be interested in learning any techniques of how to grow food and take care of a home garden?

• Do you participate in food assistance programs? If so, what do you like or not like about these programs?

Section Four: Perceptions of the Community Food Environment and Diets

• Have the foods that you eat in your household and community changed in the past decade? During your lifetime? If so, what are some of the reasons that these foods have changed?

• Do you feel that general diets in your community at present are healthier, less healthy, or the same as in the past?

• For people who live in your area who cannot get enough food, or who have difficulty getting enough food, what resources are available to help them out?

• If you could be in charge of improving eating habits for your community, what changes would you want to make from the way things are now?

• What are the main obstacles to achieving this goal?