Table 2.

Overview of needs assessment qualitative guides

Qualitative guide	Description	Domains	Constructs
CFIR Qualitative Focus Group Guide for NCMs and CHWs	Explore NCM and CHW perspectives of potential barriers and facilitators for the adoption of a hypertension management program at NYULH practice sites	Inner Setting	Readiness for implementation (NCM/CHWs, leadership), implementation climate (compatibility, relative priority, organizational incentives, and rewards), structural characteristics, tension for change, networks and communications, implementation climate (learning climate, goals, and feedback), and organizational culture.
		Outer Setting	Peer pressure, patient needs, and patient resources
		Individual Characteristics	Knowledge and beliefs about the intervention, self-efficacy, individual stage of change, personal attributes (i.e., skills for implementing the program), and individual identification with the organization
		Intervention Characteristics	Relative advantage, trialability, complexity, and design quality and packaging
Qualitative Interview Guide for CBOs and FBOs	Assess capacity and readiness for developing and integrating a community-clinic referral linkage program at CBOs and FBOs	Background/Organizational Structure	Organizational characteristics and existing organizational structures
		Readiness and Capacity	Organizational preparedness, organizational capacity
		Organizational Workflow	Referral and partnership workflows
		Partnership Evaluation	Organizational attitudes toward partnership formation with outside organizations, organizational beliefs about partnership formation with outside organizations
		Experiences of Stress, Racism, and Racial Discrimination	Perceptions of community-level stress, perceptions of community-level racism, perceptions of community-level racial discrimination
CFIR Qualitative Interview Guide for Providers, Practice Site Leaders, and NYULH Institutional Leaders	Explore Provider, Practice Site Leadership, and Institutional Leadership perspectives of potential barriers and facilitators for the adoption of a hypertension management program within NYULH	Inner Setting	Organizational capacity to implement hypertension management programs; organizational capacity to administer hypertension management programs
		Outer Setting	Perceptions of patient experiences with a hypertension management program
		Engagement	Leadership engagement with Nurses working on hypertension management
		Stress/Discrimination in Hypertension Management	Perceived organizational-level experiences of racism/discrimination, perceived organizational-level experience of stress