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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Ga Public Health Assoc. 2016 Summer;6(1):50–59. doi: 10.21633/jgpha.6.103

Semi-Structured Interview Topic Guides

Internet Usage
  1. Do you have daily access to the Internet? If so, do you use it to access information about diet/nutrition? Physical activity?

  2. Do you have a smartphone? Do you use apps on your smartphone? If so, do you use apps to obtain information about diet/nutrition? Physical activity?

  3. How comfortable are you in using a computer or smart phone to obtain information about diet/nutrition? Physical activity?

  4. Which features are important to you to include on the SISTAAH Talk app?

  5. How do you feel about developing the SISTAAH Talk app?

  6. What do you hope to gain from this experience?

Smartphone Apps
  1. What type of smartphone do you have? Android or iPhone?

  2. Did you complete the assignment to test health and fitness apps?

  3. How many apps did you review? (total number)

  4. If yes, did you review diet or nutrition apps?

  5. If yes, did you review physical activity or diet apps?

  6. What did you like most about the apps that you tested?

  7. What did you like least about the apps that you tested?

  8. Of the apps you reviewed, which features would you like to see on the SISTAAH Talk app?

  9. If no, please tell me why you did not test health and fitness apps?

  10. Now, I would like for you to tell me how comfortable you were testing the smartphone apps. On a scaled of 1 to 10, where 1 is not very comfortable and 10 is extremely comfortable, how comfortable were you in using health and fitness apps? Would you say that your comfort level was a 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or 10?

  11. Based on your response, what do you feel is needed to improve your comfort level?

  12. Is there anything else you would like for us to consider in developing the SISTAAH Talk app?

Experiential Educational Sessions
  1. Did you find the educational sessions useful in managing your dietary intake?

  2. How did you feel about the SISTAAH Talk discussions following the cooking demonstrations?

  3. Did participating in developing content for the app inspire you to do more physical activity? Why or why not? If so, did you set a physical activity goal; if yes, what was the goal that you set?

  4. Did the content of the cooking demonstrations fit your needs? Please explain how your needs were met.

  5. Did the content of the exercise demonstrations fit your needs? Please explain how your needs were met.

  6. How confident do you feel about the information that you learned during the sessions?

  7. Were the cancer prevention guidelines well explained? If not, which components do you need more information about?

  8. After participating in activities to develop the app, are you inspired to eat healthier? To exercise more? Why or why not? Which components inspired you and how were you inspired?