Table 3.
Emergent codes and quotes reflecting youths’ experiences and impression of the gardening and nutrition programme for youth living in public housing, Dan River Region of south-central Virginia, USA, 2012
| Interview question | Code | Number of mentions | Sample quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| What did you like most about the programme? | Trying food | 10 | ‘Trying vegetables’ |
| Gardening experience | 8 | ‘Learning how to plant and about F&V’ | |
| Curriculum content | 4 | ‘It fun and we get to learn about new stuff and eat new stuff’ | |
| Programme in general | 3 | ‘I liked the programme questions’ | |
| Playing games and activities | 2 | ‘Games and trying different foods’ | |
| What did you like least about the programme? | Did not dislike anything | 7 | ‘Liked everything’ |
| Trying food | 2 | ‘Trying spinach’ | |
| What ideas do you have for us to make the programme more fun or exciting in the future? | Increase gamesIncrease food sampling | 83 | ‘More games’‘Have more samples’ |
| Increase variety of plants | 3 | ‘New seeds’ | |
| How has the programme helped you with gardening? | Increased knowledge of gardening | 9 | ‘Taught [me] how to keep bugs/pests away’ |
| Increased interest in gardening | 5 | ‘Now I know I want to garden because it seems exciting and it’s tasty’ | |
| Increased knowledge of healthy eating | 3 | ‘It’s helped me learn. I can stop eating so much junk food and start eating fruit’ | |
| How has the programme helped you with nutrition and | Learned about nutrition in general | 6 | ‘It did; gave me more knowledge’ |
| eating F&V? | Increased F&V intake | 4 | ‘It's helped me eat F&V’ |
| Tried new foods | 4 | ‘Tried new vegetables’ | |
| Increased knowledge of healthy eating | 3 | ‘It has made me know about different F&V that I didn't think about before’ | |
| If any, what are some new fruits and vegetables you’ve | New fruit | 8 | ‘Strawberries, grapes’ |
| tried since starting the programme? | New vegetables | 8 | ‘Spinach, tomatoes, and squash’ |
| New F&V | 6 | ‘String beans, corn, peas, oranges, apples, grapes’ | |
| Do you think you will continue to set goals to eat the | Yes | 21 | ‘Yes’ |
| recommended amount of F&V after the programme ends? | Not sure | 3 | ‘Maybe’ |
| How do you think we can get more kids from your | Distribute printed material | 7 | ‘Give more flyers’ |
| neighbourhood to come to the programme? | Have large recruitment event | 4 | ‘Come outside with a microphone and talk’ |
| Door-to-door solicitation | 4 | ‘Knock on their door and ask their mom if they can come if they are not in it. Let them know they can be in the programme if they live nearby’ | |
| Encourage word of mouth through children | 2 | ‘We can ask friends’ |
F&V, fruits and vegetables.