Table 1.

Questions and Probes from Focus Group Guide

Barriers:

When you eat at home or with family and friends, do you get involved in picking out/preparing the food?

Are you interested in cooking?

What do you see as the difference between “healthy” and “unhealthy” cooking?

Are there other things that keep you from eating healthier?

What do you want to see as part of a hands-on cooking class?

How involved are you in physical activity?

What keeps you from being active? – If physical activity was not mentioned a lot

Are there types of physical activity you would like to learn about?

What skills do you think you need to be more active?

What do you think is a good balance of sedentary time and time being active?

Past experience with changing lifestyle

Have you tried to make changes to the foods you eat or your physical activity before?

Face-To-Face Class Format:

Would you be more likely to attend classes if they were held on-campus? With or without someone?

How often would you want to attend a healthy lifestyle class?

How long do you think a series of classes on this topic should last?

Credit or no credit? Why?

Online Portion of Class:

Have you used online resources to find health information/information to make changes to your diet and/or physical activity before? Why or why not?

What types or resources do you find helpful and not so helpful?

How often do you want to be interacting with the group online?

What type of content would you like shared on these online discussion?

What type of format would you prefer to use?

Goal Setting:

Do you prefer to send goals and receive feedback from moderator/staff or from the group? Why?

How would you like your progress to be tracked? Would this be private (via email) or part of the group discussion? Why?