. 2015 Apr 27;2:164. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00164

Table 1.

Interview guide for Y administrative staff.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERVIEWEE AND ENHANCE^®FITNESS OVERSIGHT

1.
What is your title with the YMCA? How long have you held this position?
2.
Approximately what year did your YMCA first become involved with EF?
3.
Approximately what year did you become involved with EF?
4.
What are your responsibilities related to EF?
5.
Are you responsible for the oversight of EF with your YMCA?
1. If not, what is the title of the person responsible for oversight?
6.
What are the responsibilities related to oversight of the operations of EF with your YMCA?
7.
Is your YMCA still offering EF classes? Yes No
8.
What, if any, other exercise classes and/or programs does/did your YMCA offer specifically for seniors (defined as older than 62 years) besides EF?

ENHANCE^®FITNESS READINESS AND ADOPTION

9.
*Were you involved in the original adoption of EF?
1. If yes, how did your YMCA come about offering EF?
10.
*What was the primary motivation for your YMCA getting involved in EF?
11.
*What were some of the other motivations for your YMCA getting involved in EF?
12.
*Does/did your YMCA receive funding to provide EF classes?
1. If yes, what kind of funding?
2. Source of funding?
3. Use of funds? (Probe: staff support, participant fee offset, marketing, etc.)
13.
Do you think your YMCA has/had the right and adequate number of … to support EF classes?
1. Staff
2. Instructors
3. Class materials (chairs, weights, etc.)
4. Space/room
14.
Are there any resources you wish you had, or had more of, to support EF classes at your YMCA?
15.
*Is there someone at your YMCA that is a champion for EF? (A champion can be paid staff or a volunteer who helps keep classes going, recruits new participants, or works to expand the program, for example)
1. If YES: can you describe some of the things this person does to champion EF?
16.
Are there paid and/or volunteer staff that manage or oversee EF operations with your YMCA? (This would include scheduling classes, managing instructors, and/or answering EF questions for current or potential participants.)
1. If YES: how was staff recruited or selected to manage EF with your YMCA?
17.
Is the management of EF:
1. Centralized and occurs at the association-level, or
2. De-centralized and managed at the branch level?
18.
What are/were the methods used to recruit EF instructors to teach classes with your YMCA?
19.
What are/were the methods used to recruit participants to EF classes with your YMCA?
20.
Location of EF classes:
1. Are EF classes held at: a) your YMCA, b) off-site locations, or c) both?
2. If off-site, what type of locations? If more than one site, list all sites and be specific as to type of site. (churches, senior centers, community centers, Parks and Recreation facilities, schools, and retirement communities)?
21.
What is/was the primary motivation for you personally getting involved in EF? (Probe: part of my job, personal interest, etc.)
22.
What are/were some of your other motivations for you getting personally involved in EF? (Probe: saw the benefits, have aging family members that had benefited from this or similar programs.)

EXPERIENCE WITH ENHANCE^®FITNESS

23.
What benefits do you think your YMCA gets/got from participating in EF? (Probe: member engagement, community outreach, and serving a need).
1. Is/was your YMCA reimbursed in any way for offering EF classes?
  1. If yes, by whom?
2. Do/did your participants pay a fee to participate in EF classes?
  1. If yes, how much?
  2. If the fee changed over time, provide a range but note the current amount
  3. Does your Y ever offer EF:
    
    On a sliding scale?
    
    For reduced cost?
  4. How reasonable do you think this fee is?
  5. How does this fee compare to other like classes or programs? (Probe: More, same, less than?)
3. Are EF classes through your YMCA available to both Y members and non-members?
  1. Does your Y track conversion rates of non-member program participants to members? (e.g., For 10 non-member participants, 1 becomes a member.)
    If YES: what is the conversion rate?
4. Do you know if any of your EF participants are/were reimbursed for participating in EF, such as through health insurance?
  1. If yes, by what plan or program?
24.
What do/did you like most about EF? (Probe: full classes, positive reports from participants, outcomes tracking)
25.
What do/did you like least about EF? (Probe: time of the day the class is offered, instructor, room the class was held, conducting the fitness checks)
26.
What are/were characteristics of EF classes that you think make them successful? (Probes: instructor ownership of the class, size of class, well-ventilated room, good time of day, room easily accessible, and class offered immediately before or after another event like a meal program)
27.
What are/were characteristics of EF classes that you think are barriers to success (probe: too small of a room, mismatch between instructor and participant characteristics, high fees, time of day)?
28.
If the class is no longer offered: why do you think EF is not/no longer offered at your YMCA? (Probe: cost of running EF, no instructor, instructor not a good match with participants, not enough participants, not large enough space, and other concurrent exercise classes)
29.
What are/have been your challenges with offering EF? (Probe: finding instructors, frailty of participants, and for the participant transportation to and from class)
30.
Are/were there particular issues you have faced in offering EF?
1. If YES: can you describe these issues, and how you have handled them?
31.
What does/did your YMCA do that you think makes EF appealing to: (Probes: advertising, offering at prime time, and offer it at no or low cost)
1. Participants and members at your YMCA?
2. The greater community that your YMCA serves?
3. If your Y receives funding to offer EF classes (separate from member due or class fees), who are the other funders (probe: specific organization and individual)?
32.
What does/did your YMCA do that you think makes EF not appealing?
33.
What are the reasons you believe your YMCA has/not been able to implement/maintain EF classes?
34.
Do you have any recommendations for changes to EF based on your experiences?
35.
How was your experience with EF been similar to or different from other classes at the YMCA, particularly fitness classes or classes for seniors?
36.
Regarding your Y members:
1. About how many members does your YMCA serve?
2. About what percent of your members are 65 and older?
3. About what percent of your members are in the 50–64-year-old age range?

DEMOGRAPHIC ITEMS

37.
What is your age?
38.
In what education category do you fall: less than college degree, some college or college degree, and more than college degree?

CLOSING

39.
Is there anything else you would like us to know about your experience with EF with your YMCA?

Items with high relevance to the findings presented in this paper are noted with an asterisk.