Table 1 Moderators Guide: Overview of Major Topics and Questions
Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
Principal Interviews | |
School's Focus | • Schools have many areas of focus. What is the importance placed on each area at your school? Why? |
Student Health | • What role, if any, do you feel school's play in the health of students? • How, if at all, do you think your schools food practices influence the health of students? • What one thing is most important to change in your school to promote the health of your students? Why? |
Obesity | • Do you consider overweight/obesity to be a problem among students at this school? Why/why not? • What, if anything, can schools do to help reduce the rates of childhood/adolescent obesity? • How do feel about the media's portrayal of schools' food environment and its role in childhood/adolescent obesity? |
Government mandates | • How do you feel about the state's push for schools to establish a wellness policy? What impact, if any, will this have on your school? |
Food Service Personnel Interviews | |
Topic | Questions |
Food Service Focus and Food Offerings* | • What goes into the decision about what items to serve? • How do you balance the role of providing options and encouraging students to make healthy choices with providing access only to healthy foods? • What changes, if any, have you tried/would like to try to encourage healthier dietary habits among students? |
Obesity | • Do you consider overweight/obesity to be a problem among students at this school? Why/why not? • What role, if any, do you feel the school food environment plays in childhood/adolescent obesity? • How do feel about the media's portrayal of schools' food environments and its role in childhood/adolescent obesity? |
Government Mandates | • How do you feel about the state's push for schools to establish a wellness policy? What impact, if any, will this have on your school's food service program? |
Challenges/Barriers | • What challenges, if any, do you encounter on regular basis that make your job difficult? • In an ideal world, what would the school food service program at this school look like? What would your role be? |