Appendix 1
INTERVENTION FOCUS GROUP TOPIC GUIDE – PARTICIPANTS – PRE-INTERVENTION.
Activity 1 (5–10 min): What is physical activity? What does it mean to you?
(Ask pupils to discuss/write down what the term means to them).
How active should people your age be? (60 min recommended per day).
Question 1: How active do you think people in your year are? Do you think you are as active as you can be?
Activity 2 (5–10 min): What do you see as the current barriers to physical activity? How do you feel about your current levels?
(Give post-it notes and ask pupils to list 5–6 barriers to activity. Then rank these barriers in order of most common barriers and discuss the reasoning for this order).
Question 2: Why do you think people your age like/don’t like being active? Is there much to do in your area? If so, how accessible are these activities to your age group?
Question 3: Vouchers are currently accepted by (refer to list of participants). What other activities or providers would you like to see included before we start?
Question 4: Having heard the way the scheme is set up; do you think there will be any problems? What do you think we could do about these problems? Do you think we should do things differently?
Question 5: What is the best way of letting everyone in the school know about this scheme? When are the best times for the support worker to be available in the school?
Question 6: Do you have anything else to add about the project?
CONTROL FOCUS GROUP TOPIC GUIDE – PARTICIPANTS – PRE-INTERVENTION.
Activity 1 (5–10 min): What is physical activity? What does it mean to you?
(Flipchart/post-its – ask pupils to discuss/write down what the term means to them).
How active should people your age be? (60 min recommended per day).
Question 1: How active do you think people in your year are? Do you think you are as active as you can be?
Activity 2 (5–10 min): What do you see as the current barriers to physical activity? How do you feel about your current levels?
(Give post-it notes and ask pupils to list 5–6 barriers to activity. Then rank these barriers in order of most common barriers and discuss the reasoning for this order).
Question 2: Why do you think people your age like/don’t like being active?
Question 3: Is there much to do in your area? If so, how accessible are these activities to your age group?
Question 4: Are your friends/family active? Does this influence you?
Question 5: What is the best way to get people your age active?
Question 6: Do you have anything else to add?