Table 1.
Semi-structured interview guide
| Questions* | Prompts* |
|---|---|
| Tell me what it was like to be in the programme. | Which members of your family came to clinic visits? Did your family come to any activities outside of clinic? |
| Is your family still in the programme? | If did finish: What helped your family complete the programme? How often did you have to miss appointments? Did you ever consider dropping out? Why? |
| Thinking back to when you first started, do you think your family was ready to be in this programme? Tell me why/why not. | Do you feel you understood what you were getting into? What would have helped your family better prepare for the programme? |
| Tell me how this programme helped your family. | What did you learn in the programme? What did you want to learn in the programme, but didn’t? What changes did your family make as a result of participating in this programme? |
| Tell me how the programme met your expectations. | Was the programme what you thought it would be like? Tell me why/why not. What did you expect to happen in the programme, but didn’t? What happened in the programme that was unexpected? Did the programme meet your family’s needs? Tell me more about that. |
| How have your efforts in the programme ‘paid off,’ or been worth your time? Tell me more about that. | Did you see the results you had hoped to see? What were the results that you hoped to see? |
| How have your child’s efforts in the programme ‘paid off,’ or been worth their time? Tell me more about that. | Did your child see the results they had hoped to see? What were the results he/she hoped to see? |
| What got in the way of or interfered with your family participating in the programme? | How did the programme affect your family negatively or cause your family stress? |
| How did your involvement in the programme affect your work [school] performance? | |
| How did your involvement in the programme affect your child’s school performance? | |
| What could the programme do differently to help your family attend visits or meetings? | |
| What did you like the most about the programme? | |
| What did you like the least? | What are some of the other things you did not like? |
| What were your child’s feelings about the programme? | What did they like about the programme? What did they not like about the programme? |
| How has your child’s health and weight changed after participating in the programme? | |
| How has your family’s health and weight changed after participating in the programme? | |
| Would you participate in Brenner FIT again? Tell me why/why not. | If you were to participate in Brenner FIT again, would you or your family do anything differently? |
*
Wording of questions slightly different for child interview.