Table 1 Participant characteristics

Aboriginal cardiac patients

Cardiac event 12/2005 -06/2006

Semi- structured Interviews

7

3 M

7 I

38–65

1 T

4 F

4 TC

2 RAC

Health care providers & community researchers

Experience in Aboriginal health & research

Unstructured interviews

6

4 M

2 I

30–56

5 TC

2 F

4 NI

1 RAC

Focus groups

6

3 M

3 I

30–49

4 T

3 F

3 NI

1 TC

1 RAC

Non-cardiac community members

Experience supporting family members with CVD

Focus group- F1

6

6 F

6 I

24–66

3 T

3TC

Focus group- F2

4

4 F

4 I

28–66

4TC

Focus group- M

3

3 M

3 I

30–65

3TC

1RAC

Semi-structured interview

2

1 M

2 I

40–54

1 T

1 F

1TC

34

13 M

27 I

16 T

21 F

7 NI

13 TC

5 RAC