Table 1

Recall interview questions

Free recall question
1. What information were you given about your child's growth?
Non-specific prompts
Were you given any other information about your child at the initial session? Tell me more about that… What information were you given?
Specific prompt for implications
2. What were you told that the information means for him/her?
Additional interview questions—prompted recall
3. How easy was it to follow and use the information presented in the health check booklet?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Very easy		Somewhat easy		Somewhat difficult		Very difficult
4. How useful did you find the information presented in the health check booklet?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Very useful		Somewhat useful		Not very useful		Not at all useful
5. How easy was it to understand and follow the explanations of terms (such as body mass index, blood pressure and waist to height ratio?)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Very difficult		Somewhat difficult		Somewhat easy		Very easy
6. How useful did you find the traffic light system (green, orange and red zones) to explain your child's weight status?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Very useful		Somewhat useful		Not very useful		Not at all useful
7. How did you feel about the way the information about your child's weight status was given to you?
8. I felt upset by the information given in the health check?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Not at all true			Somewhat true			Very true
9. I felt upset by the way the information was given in the health check?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Not at all true			Somewhat true			Very true
10. I felt it was useful to be given this information?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Not at all true			Somewhat true			Very true
11. The information about my child's weight was unexpected?
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Not at all true			Somewhat true			Very true
12. I'm interested in your decision to tell/not tell your child.
13. If you did discuss the information with your child, what did you tell them?
14. How did your child react to this information?
15. Are there any other things we could do to improve the way our health check results are discussed with parents? Or any other comments?