TABLE 1.

Sample Questions from the Semi-Structured Interview Guide Related to Use of Art Messaging

• Please tell us what health services you have sought in the last few years?

• If you ever had a time when you had a health problem but did not seek care for it, what got in the way?

• What has helped you get care when you needed it?

• Do you think you or your friends would be willing to receive care at the shelter for general health problems?

• Do you think you or your friends would be willing to receive care at the shelter for drug-related problems?

• What are the advantages to receiving this care at the shelter?

• What are the disincentives to receiving this care at the shelter?

• How can the doctors and nurses at the shelter better enable you to access these services onsite or offsite?

• What are the important messages you would like to share with your peers who are homeless regarding the dangers of drug and alcohol use?

• What might be the best way to communicate these messages to you or to your friends?

• What are some ways that you or your friends can help health care providers develop health messages related to the dangers of drug and alcohol use and of HIV/AIDS?

• What are the creative ways that would be most appealing to homeless youth to create messages (such as poetry, music, drawing, etc.).

• How can artists and musicians better enable you to develop such messages?