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Table 8 Semi structured interview guide questions

From: Participants’ perceptions of interactions with community health workers who promote behavior change: a qualitative characterization from participants with normal, depressive and anxious mood states

1. Please describe the relationship you had with your CHW.

2. Did your CHW help you make personal behavior changes, like beginning to exercise, portion control, or increasing the amount or fruits and vegetables you eat? If yes, how? If not, please comment?

3. Please describe the personal characteristics you found most and least helpful about your CHW.

4. Do you feel that your CHW had the skills to help you make personal behavior changes, like the ones listed above? If yes, why? If no, why not?

5. Did you trust in your CHW’s skills? If yes, please describe? If not, please comment?

6. Are the behavior changes you made as a result of the assistance of your CHW? If so, are these skills still in practice? How did you maintain these changes? If no, please comment.

7. Did your CHW help you identify sadness and worry in your life? Is so, how?

8. Did your CHW help you identify behaviors that made sadness and worry worse? If so, how?

9. Did you CHW help you gain skills to manage sadness or worry? If so, how?

10. Did your CHW help you identify patterns in your behavior where you tended to focus on negative thoughts, sadness or worry? If so, how?

11. Did you CHW help you identify where you tended to be more isolated or more social? If so, how?

12. Did your CHW help you in identifying where you were physically more active or inactive? If so, how?