Table 1.
English translation of the semi-structured interview guide
| CHARACTERISTICS OF FOOD |
| Which food smells do you enjoy? |
| Which food smells do you dislike? Which smells bother you? |
| Which flavors are attractive to you? Sweet like sugar? Salty? Sour like lemon? Bitter like African eggplant? |
| Which flavors to you avoid? |
| Which food feelings, textures, or sensations do you like? |
| Which food feelings, textures, or sensations do you dislike or avoid? |
| Which foods make you feel full and satisfied? In other words, which foods provide you with comfort? |
| FOR HIV+ only: How has your disease/diagnosis affected what you eat? Are there any patterns to how these have shifted over time (since diagnosis, with different treatment options)? |
| FOOD ENVIRONMENT AND THE HOUSEHOLD |
| Sometimes people in the same household have different food wants and needs. Talk to me about this |
| Do others in your home affect your food choices? Does everyone eat the same (including ones who are sick or children? How does this affect your time (spent shopping, cooking) and resources (food cost)? Do additional visitors bring you a financial cost? |
| HEALTH AND FOOD |
| Are there foods that you cannot eat? |
| Are there foods that you crave or prefer to eat? |
| Are there foods that you want to eat, but that you are not eating? |
| When you are sick, how does your diet change? Are there only certain foods you can eat? Does your medications affect what you eat? |
| BUYING FOOD |
| On a typical day, roughly how much do you think you spend on food? |
| What challenges do you have in your household with buying food? What causes these challenges? |
| Have you been affected by economic changes? Can you describe what has been happening and how it has affected the foods you eat, buy and grow? |
| What strategies do you use to overcome these challenges? Does anyone help you when you do not have enough money? What do you do when you do not have enough money? |
| MEANING OF FOOD |
| When I say, "healthy food", what does this mean to you? |
| When I say, "food is culture", what does this mean to you? |
| When I say, "food brings people together", what does this mean to you? |