Appendix D - Interview topics for RETAIN enrollees

Appendix D – Interview topics for RETAIN enrollees
1. What are RETAIN enrollees' roles as employees, family members, and community members?
Topic: Enrollee’s background
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Background on enrollee’s employment

Background on enrollee’s household and family

Background on enrollee’s community involvement

2. What challenges do RETAIN enrollees face in carrying out these roles?
a. What personal challenges do they face?

b. What systemic challenges do they face?

Topic: Personal and systemic challenges in enrollee’s life
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Challenges the enrollee faces in their employment
Challenges the enrollee faces in their family

Challenges the enrollee faces in their community

Challenges the enrollee considers to be in their control (personal)

Challenges the enrollee considers to be out of their control (systemic)

3. How have RETAIN enrollees’ employment experiences been after their participation in RETAIN?
Topic: Employment experiences after RETAIN

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Experiences with employment in the past couple of years after experiencing an illness or
injury that affected work.

4. What factors affect(ed) RETAIN enrollees’ ability to benefit from RETAIN or similar programs
focused on helping them with employment?
Topic: Factors that influence positive experiences with RETAIN or similar programs
• Experience with RETAIN or programs like RETAIN focused on providing support with
employment
• Aspects of RETAIN or programs like RETAIN that the enrollee found beneficial
• Reasons the enrollee found programs like RETAIN beneficial

5. What are RETAIN enrollees' attitudes towards programs focused on helping them with
employment?
a. What do they find helpful about these programs?
b. What are their perceptions of how employment programs could be improved?
Topic: Attitudes toward employment programs
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Attitudes toward employment programs
Perceptions about how employment programs could be improved