TABLE 1.

Topic Guide

Introduction	• Tell me a little bit about yourself?
Life with diabetes	• When were you diagnosed with diabetes?
	• What is life with diabetes like for you?
	• How much attention do you pay to your health in general?
	• Who is responsible for buying food and planning meals in the house?
	• Do family members help or hinder your diabetes management in any way?
	• What, if anything, do you think caused you to get diabetes?
Experience of being invited	• It might have been a while ago, but can you remember receiving an invitation to diabetes group education?
	• What education and advice had you received prior to the invitation?
	• Do you feel your understanding of your diabetes has increased since diagnosis?
	• How do you like to learn? (e.g., group education, one to one, or online)
Reasons for not attending	• Would you mind telling me why you didn’t go to the education program?
	• How do you feel about not being able to go/not going?
	• What would have encouraged you to go at the time you turned it down?
	• What would have to happen in the future for you to want to/be able to attend an education program?
	• What would you think if I said that many of the things you shared about your life with diabetes are part of the education programs?
	• If you had known that diabetes education could answer your questions, how would that have affected your decision about attending?
Closing	• How could education be provided in a way that makes it easy for people to attend?
	• What advice would you give to health care professionals to get more people to attend diabetes education?
	• Is there anything else that you would like to share about not attending group education?
	• Is there anything you feel is really important for us to know?