Table 2.

Summary of major recommendations from CHWs and resulting modifications.

	Summary of comments	Modifications
Program content	Stress reduction was identified as a priority to the community members.	Stress reduction goal was set during session 1 and reviewed during rest of the program.
	Building a relationship with the client was easier when covering healthy eating and physical activity content rather than communication with doctors.	Sessions were reordered to put healthy eating and physical activity sessions at the beginning of the program. Session on doctor’s visit was moved to session 5.
	Several sessions took over 60 minutes. CHWs expressed concern of being able to keep participants engaged over the phone for more than 30-45 minutes.	Content included in each session was reviewed with the CHWs and based on their recommendations, session content and activities were revised to shorten the session.
Program delivery	CHWs expressed concern regarding learning and teaching educational materials to patients	Videos developed with didactic content delivered by content experts
	CHWs preferred having scripts available instead of bullet points outlining session content	Bulleted content in peer manual turned to scripts