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. 2021 Nov 3;13(11):3929. doi: 10.3390/nu13113929

Table 1.

Focus group questions.

  1. What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “healthy eating?”
    1. What sounds “good” about healthy eating?
    2. What concerns you about that phrase?
  • 2.
    Where can you go in your community to find healthy foods?
    1. Is it easy to find healthy foods around here?
    2. Are fruits and vegetables easy to find in these places?
  • 3.
    What are some things in this community that help you eat a healthier diet?
    1. Are there good sources of information about eating healthily?
    2. What are some other resources available to people in Laurel County that can make it easier for them to eat healthier diets?
    3. Do you think people in the community value healthy eating? What makes you say that?
  • 4.

    How many people in your community grow their own food in a home garden? Why/why not?

  • 5.
    People sometimes go to different places to get enough food to go around when they are running short of money. What types of places do people in your community go to for emergency food and how often?
    1. Which of these places works the best to provide food? Why?
  • 6.

    Can you talk about how the coronavirus pandemic may have changed how people get food in your community?

  • 7.
    There are many types of programs and initiatives which have helped communities address healthy food issues and diet. We’d like your help in understanding the best approaches to this challenge in your community.
    1. One approach focuses on education, often teaching cooking and food budgeting skills.
    2. A second approach focuses on making healthy food options available in more places.
    3. A final approach relies on persuasion, using marketing and advertising to encourage and facilitate healthy eating.
  • 8.
    If the goal is to get as many people in Laurel County to improve their diets as possible, what do you see as the strengths of each of these approaches?
    1. Education
    2. Availability
    3. Promotion
  • 9.
    If the goal is to get as many people in Laurel County to improve their diets as possible, what do you see as the weaknesses of each of these approaches?
    1. Education
    2. Availability
    3. Promotion
  • 10.
    Of all the things we have talked about today, what is the most important to you?
    1. Is this different to what you think is important to the overall community?
  • 11.

    Of all the things we have talked about today, what do you feel is the most attainable yet urgent to address in the next 5 years?