Table 1

Partner group interviews

Health providers and clinicians
Health partner group	Definition	# interviews analysed	# pilot interviews analysed
Physicians	Majority were family physicians, but also includes residents, specialists, hospitalists and nurses	52	6
Midwives*	Midwives (could also include students)	4	0
Nurse practitioners*	Nurse practitioners (could also include students)	7	0
Health administrators
Health Admin	Health Services Administrators, health managers, hospital/clinic managers and nurses	36	4
First Nations/Community Members†
First Nations	First Nations Band members, First Nations community members, elders, chiefs, health directors, community health representatives, nurses, health coordinators	29	2
First Responders*	Fire chiefs, paramedics, community paramedics	1	0
Policy makers
Municipal	Mayors, councillors, regional district directors and members, community members	34	5
Academia educators and learners
Academics*	Clinical professors, clinical teachers, clinical researchers, medical school professors	2	0
Linked sectors industry and non-profit
Health organisations/societies	Community members, community health advocacy groups, hospital auxiliaries	4	0
Combined partners (group meeting)
	Leads (or representatives/proxy’s) of each health partner group such as the Mayor, hospital Chief-of-Staff, First Nations health director, fire chief, community members	16	6
Total number of interviews		185 interviews analysed to date not including pilot interviews	23 (# of pilot interviews analysed for primary codebook development)