Table 1 Example questions from a semi-structured focus group questionnaire following the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research [55]

Please describe the healthy eating and active living policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes that have been implemented in rural Louisiana communities.

a. What is the process you use for choosing, implementing, and sustaining the PSE strategies? Is it easy or difficult to get community buy-in for healthy eating and active living PSE changes?

b. Which healthy eating and active living PSE strategies do you think would be a priority for your communities, if any?

Take a moment to consider challenges and opportunities regarding delivering healthy eating and active living PSE changes in rural communities (or what you might think as a barrier/facilitator if you were to start this type of programming in your communities).

a. What aspects of healthy eating and active living PSE change interventions specifically are a barrier or facilitator to moving this type of work forward?

b. What aspects of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Services administration, leadership, or organizational structure are barriers or facilitators to move healthy eating and active living PSE change work forward?

c. What aspects of target rural communities or target settings where healthy eating and active living PSE changes are intended for are barriers or facilitators to moving this type of work forward?

d. What challenges or opportunities do you as delivery agents encounter in moving forward healthy eating and active living PSE changes?

What types of resources are needed to effectively move healthy eating and active living PSE changes forward in rural communities?

a. What are all the things that would be required to make it possible to implement healthy eating and active living PSE changes in all rural communities in the state of Louisiana?