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Table 5 Topic guide for the data generation techniques according to type of informant

From: Health-care users, key community informants and primary health care workers’ views on health, health promotion, health assets and deficits: qualitative study in seven Spanish regions

Health-care users (object of the intervention)

 Exploration of meanings

For you, what does “health” mean?

For you, what does “behaviours that promote health” mean?

 Neighbourhood assets

 Assets for health promotion

Positive aspects of the neighbourhood with regard to health promotion activities (structural, cultural and human resources)

Negative aspects of the neighbourhood with regard to health promotion behaviours

 Source of information for participants on health promotion

Have you received information on this topic? Who did provide you with information?

Have you looked for information on this topic? Where did you look for information?

 Concerns of informants in relation to their health. Activities, resources and difficulties for health promotion

How important are health promotion behaviours for you?

What worries you about your health? (brief intervention of all participants)

What do you do to keep and promote your health? (individual, interpersonal and community level)

Which resources do you have to put into effect healthy behaviours? (Identify facilitators of healthy behaviours)

What difficulties do you face to put into effect healthy behaviours? (Identify the elements that interfere with healthy behaviours)

What else could you do to improve your health?

Key community informants (with in-depth knowledge of the context and the population object of the intervention)

 Exploration of meanings

For you, what does “health” mean? For you, what does “behaviours that promote health” mean? For you, how important are health promotion activities?

 Neighbourhood assets

 Assets for health promotion

Positive aspects of the neighbourhood (structural, cultural and human resources)

Positive aspects of the neighbourhood in relation to health promotion behaviours.

Negative aspects of the neighbourhood

Negative aspects of the neighbourhood in relation to health promotion behaviours

Primary health care professionals

 Exploration of meanings

What does “health promotion behaviours” mean to you? If you had to explain the meaning of “health promotion behaviours”, what would you say?

How important is for you to encourage health promotion activities?

 Neighbourhood assets

 Assets for health promotion

Which positive aspects does the neighbourhood have? (structural, cultural and human resources)

Which negative aspects does the neighbourhood have?

Which positive aspects does the neighbourhood have in relation to health promotion behaviours?

Which negative aspects does the neighbourhood have in relation to health promotion behaviours?