Table 3.

Sample of interview questions posed to caregivers, health centre staff, extension workers and RUF production team members involved in the BBB program

Caregivers

• Who is the RUF for? What do you think the purpose of the food is for your child?

• What are all of the ways that your child takes (eats) the soy flour/groundnut paste?

• Do you do anything to prepare these foods? Tell me about these preparations.

• Does your child share the food with other siblings or children in the compound?

• How does the RUF fit into the overall diet of your child?

• Tell me about any ways that using the groundnut paste or soy flour with your child has affected other foods that s/he eats.

• Do you remember hearing any nutrition or health messages during your child's time in the BBB program? What did those messages mean to you?

• Is there anything that you would like the BBB program to change about the RUF that you receive?

Health centre staff

• What is the purpose of the BBB program? What is the purpose of the RUF that you distribute?

• What kinds of things do you discuss with the caregivers in the BBB project?

• Tell me about how you educate the caregivers about the RUF that you distribute.

• What are all of the ways that the caregivers feed the two foods to their children?

• What do caregivers think about the RUF that they receive?

• Tell me how you understand how well a child is growing as he or she continues through this program.

• How do the parents understand their child's growth progress throughout the program?

Agricultural extension workers

• How is the RUF that you distribute supposed to be used by caregivers?

• How do the caregivers actually feed the RUF to their children?

• What messages do the Health Centre staffs deliver during the weekly program?

RUF production team members

• What is the purpose of the RUF product that you produce?

• How do you get the ingredients to make the RUF?

• Tell me about any problems you have with obtaining the ingredients and/or making the RUF.

• Tell me about how the community feels about the RUF product. Has anyone asked to purchase the RUF?

• Tell me about the ways people use the RUF in their homes. Why do some caregivers prepare or cook the RUF for their children?

RUF, ready‐to‐use food; BBB, Byokulia Bisemeye mu Bantu.