Table 1.

Guided Questions for Participants

Questions	Areas of Domain
Patients
What are the major needs of Latinos in terms of mental health services?	General needs
What kind of treatment do you think would be most acceptable to people in the Latino community?	General needs
Which factors could facilitate the process of seeking professional help for an eating disorder?	Facilitators in the ED treatment
Which factors help people engage in the treatment process?	Facilitators in the ED treatment
Which factors do you think influence whether someone stays in treatment and completes their treatment effectively?	Facilitators in the ED treatment
Which factors could make the process of seeking and receiving professional help more difficult?	Barriers
How comfortable are you seeking help for emotional problems?	Barriers
Have you had the opportunity to talk to your family or friends about your eating disorder?	Family support
Do you feel confident talking with your friends or family about your eating disorder?	Family support
Have you received support from your family or friends about seeking professional help?	Family support
Do you think that the eating disorder has affected your relationships with your family?	Family support
How important is for you and for your treatment to receive support from your family?	Family support
What kind of support do you expect from your family?	Family support
Do you think that it is helpful to have your family involved in the treatment process?	Family support
Do you think that your family would be willing to participate with you in your treatment?	Family support
What kind of intervention would be helpful for you and for your family members in order to provide support for everyone?	Family support
What topics do you think should be included in a treatment that explores family factors and eating disorders?	Family support
What other types of help or support do you seek out for mental health care?	Other sources of support
Do you receive support from Latino community programs?	Other sources of support
What kind of support from the Latino community would be helpful for you?	Other sources of support
While living in the United States, have you had the need to seek help for eating disorders or any kind of emotional problem?	Previous experience
Describe your experience with treatment and with your provider	Previous experience
Did you find the help that you were looking for?	Previous experience
What would you have preferred to be different in your treatment?	Previous experience
What do you expect when you are seeking help for eating disorders or mental health problems?	Expectations
What do you expect of a mental health provider?	Expectations
What are your expectations of treatment?	Expectations
Providers
Based on your experience, what factors have made it easier to engage Latinos in treatment?	Facilitators to engage and retention
What has your experience been with retention of Latinos in treatment?	Facilitators to engage and retention
What factors do you think contribute to the retention of Latinos in treatment?	Facilitators to engage and retention
What are the most common barriers that keep Latinos from engaging in treatment?	Barriers
Based on your experience, what factors contribute to the premature dropout of Latinos from treatment?	Barriers
What experience have you had working with Latinos and their families?	Family dynamics
How often have you had the necessity to include other family members in treatment for some specific reason?	Family dynamics
How feasible is it to include family members in treatment?	Family dynamics
Based on your experience, how is treatment seeking related to family issues (family issue as a main problem)?	Family dynamics
Typically, do Latinos come to treatment with any expectations about the duration or format of treatment?	Treatment expectations
Typically, do you think that these expectations influence the early drop out of Latinos or their retention in treatment?	Treatment expectations
What is your experience with evidence-based treatment?	Delivering evidence based treatment and treating EDs
Do you have experience treating eating disorders?	Delivering evidence based treatment and treating EDs
How comfortable do you feel treating someone with an eating disorder?	Delivering evidence based treatment and treating EDs
How willing are you to receive training in evidence-based treatments for eating disorders?	Delivering evidence based treatment and treating EDs
After receiving training, would you be willing to treat a person with an eating disorder?	Delivering evidence based treatment and treating EDs