FGD guide-specific questions:
Context Can you provide some examples of good things going on in your community? Can you provide examples of some good things going on in your life? Home/work? Can you provide some examples of things that are difficult for your community? Can you provide some examples of things that are difficult for your community right now? Can you provide some examples of things that are causing you stress? (home/work) What in your environment makes it easier to lead a healthier lifestyle (or make healthier lifestyle choices easier)? What in your environment makes it more difficult (harder) to make healthier lifestyle choices?
Healthy living How do you define health? What makes you healthy? How do you define healthy living? What makes it difficult to be healthy? What are some of the behaviours/choices you would change to lead a healthier life? What things in your community make it difficult to lead a healthier life? Are there people who help you feel better? Or make healthier choices? Are there programs that help you feel better or make healthier choices?
Obesity and diabetes What is Obesity? What words do you use to describe when people are overweight or obese? Do people think having a larger body size is good? Do people think having a larger body size is bad? What are some of the causes of obesity? Do you think obesity is a problem in your community? Why or why not? What is diabetes? Which words do you use to describe it? What are some of the causes of diabetes that you know of? Do you think diabetes is a problem in your community? Why or why not? What could you, your family, your community do to prevent obesity and diabetes?
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) What are SSBs? Can you give an example of a sugary drink? Do you take sugared foods or drinks? Can you give some examples? How often do you drink sugary drinks? Can you give an example? Do people in your family drink sugary drinks? What do they drink? When and how often? Do your children drink sugary drinks? What do they drink? When and how often? What influences the choice of drinks you take? (Probe- Taste, price, packaging, size) What do you think about sugary drinks? Probe- Tasty, good or bad
Healthy/unhealthy How easy or difficult is it to stop drinking sugary drinks? (add in example of what they’ve listed in the interview) How many teaspoons of sugar do you think a can of cold drink contains? How much does a 330 ml can of coke cost? SSB advocacy advert
SSB advocacy advert Play advert off you tube ==https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bR9OTWia9w&feature=youtu.be What have you learnt from the advert? What do you think about the message? (probe- is it important or not important) What did you like about the advert? Do you think your friends would like that too? What didn’t you like about the advert? Do you think your friends would agree? How did the advert make you feel? Have you learned some knowledge on SSB with the advert? Do you think the message in the advert will affect what you will drink tomorrow? Or what you will drink next month
SSB tax People are talking a lot about a new tax on sugary drinks. Have you heard about SSB tax? What is it all about? How did you learn about SSB tax? (Probe- from a friend, media, poster, advert, etc) Do you think the tax will affect you in any way? How? Do you think the tax will affect your family and friends? How? What is your opinion on the SSB tax? (probe- is it positive or negative? Do you think the SSB tax will change what types of sugary drinks you have daily? Do you think SSB tax will have an impact on obesity in your community? How? Do you think SSB tax will have an impact on diabetes in your community? How? Why do you think the South African government has decided to tax sugary drinks? When people get diabetes (due to eating/drinking sugary foods) and go to the clinic/hospital, this costs the government money that could be spent on other things. Should people who get diabetes from drinking too many sugary drinks pay for their own care? Should the companies that make the drinks pay? The soft drink industry not only makes products that are unhealthy but also provide jobs. How should government balance need to protect health against potential economic impact?